{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-21-12-4","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-21-12-4","heading":"\"Health care representative\"","body":"Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, \"health care representative\" means an individual:\n(1) appointed as the patient's health care representative under IC 16-36-1-7;\n(2) appointed as the patient's health care representative under IC 16-36-7; or\n(3) holding the patient's health care power of attorney under IC 30-5-5-16.\nHowever, if the patient has not appointed a health care representative under IC 16-36-1-7 or IC 16-36-7 or granted a health care power of attorney to an individual under IC 30-5-5-16, the term means an individual authorized to consent to health care for the patient under IC 16-36-7-42.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 21. HOSPITALS","Chapter 12. The Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable (CARE) Act"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-21-12-4","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"0cb06e417e3e634db8f0e394f6a1f55535a757d9ef6274337a63127d07fac460","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-21-12-3","next":"us-in/ic-16-21-12-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}