{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-36-1.5-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-36-1.5-5","heading":"Consent by mentally incompetent patient","body":"Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a patient who:\n(1) receives mental health services; and\n(2) is mentally incompetent.\n(b) A patient described in subsection (a) shall provide consent for mental health treatment through the informed consent of one (1) of the following:\n(1) The patient's legal guardian or other court appointed representative.\n(2) The patient's health care representative under IC 16-36-1.\n(3) An attorney in fact for health care appointed under IC 30-5-5-16.\n(4) The patient's health care representative acting in accordance with the patient's psychiatric advance directive as expressed in a psychiatric advance directive executed under IC 16-36-1.7.\n(5) The patient's health care representative conferred under IC 16-36-7.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 36. MEDICAL CONSENT","Chapter 1.5. Consent for Mental Health Services"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-36-1.5-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"bbb4cc235d7bd3f918da52391009baa8a9188e64c5773b790256e378f9007099","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-36-1.5-4.5","next":"us-in/ic-16-36-1.5-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}