{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-36-5-19","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-36-5-19","heading":"Health care provider duties","body":"Sec. 19. (a) A health care provider shall withhold or discontinue CPR to a patient in an out of hospital location if the health care provider has actual knowledge of:\n(1) an original or a copy of a signed out of hospital DNR declaration and order executed by the patient; or\n(2) an out of hospital DNR identification device worn by the patient or in the patient's possession.\n(b) A health care provider shall disregard an out of hospital DNR declaration and order and perform CPR if:\n(1) the declarant is conscious and states a desire for resuscitative measures;\n(2) the health care provider believes in good faith that the out of hospital DNR declaration and order has been revoked;\n(3) the health care provider is ordered by the attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant to disregard the out of hospital DNR declaration and order; or\n(4) the health care provider believes in good faith that the out of hospital DNR declaration and order must be disregarded to avoid verbal or physical confrontation at the scene.\n(c) A health care provider transporting a declarant shall document on the transport form:\n(1) the presence of an out of hospital DNR declaration and order;\n(2) the attending physician's, advanced practice registered nurse's, or physician assistant's name; and\n(3) the date the out of hospital DNR declaration and order was signed.\n(d) An out of hospital DNR identification device must accompany a declarant whenever the declarant is transported.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 36. MEDICAL CONSENT","Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-36-5-19","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"23216a22d79f3fd35ea1761bb51e8b707f1446d85282668150875c8f547b07de","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-36-5-18","next":"us-in/ic-16-36-5-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}