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IC 16-36-5-2: "Competent witness"

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  1. TITLE 16. HEALTH
  2. ARTICLE 36. MEDICAL CONSENT
  3. Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "competent witness" means a person at least eighteen (18) years of age who is not:

(1) the person who signed an out of hospital DNR declaration on behalf of and at the direction of the declarant;

(2) a parent, spouse, or child of the declarant;

(3) entitled to any part of the declarant's estate; or

(4) directly financially responsible for the declarant's medical care.

For purposes of subdivision (3), a person is not considered to be entitled to any part of the declarant's estate solely by virtue of being nominated as a personal representative or as the attorney for the estate in the declarant's will.

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