{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-36-6-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-36-6-5","heading":"\"Qualified person\"","body":"Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, \"qualified person\" refers to an individual who has at least one (1) of the following:\n(1) An advanced chronic progressive illness.\n(2) An advanced chronic progressive frailty.\n(3) A condition caused by injury, disease, or illness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty:\n(A) there can be no recovery; and\n(B) death will occur from the condition within a short period without the provision of life prolonging procedures.\n(4) A medical condition that, if the person were to suffer cardiac or pulmonary failure, resuscitation would be unsuccessful or within a short period the person would experience repeated cardiac or pulmonary failure resulting in death.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 36. MEDICAL CONSENT","Chapter 6. Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (POST)"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-36-6-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"a81a66008be0a40a5edbbd4c24718d8dba70241a75614c4fda0e62fdfaeae7d9","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-36-6-4.5","next":"us-in/ic-16-36-6-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}