{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-36-7-44","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-36-7-44","heading":"Material conflict between multiple documents","body":"Sec. 44. If a declarant has become and remains incapacitated and has previously executed a valid advance directive under this chapter and executed:\n(1) an appointment of a health care representative executed under IC 16-36-1 before January 1, 2023;\n(2) a durable power of attorney granting health care powers and executed under IC 30-5 before January 1, 2023; or\n(3) a similar advance directive executed by the declarant under the laws of another state in which the declarant was physically present at the time of signing; and\nif a material conflict exists between multiple documents described in this section or if a material conflict exists between the health care decisions that different health care representatives or other authorized agents propose to make under the multiple documents, or if there is a material difference between the documents, then the document signed last by the declarant and the authority of the named representatives or agents in that document controls.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 36. MEDICAL CONSENT","Chapter 7. Health Care Advance Directives"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-36-7-44","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"a1cacfc48fe7d3624f5a6b2be438e0152f811f4e023b93365a4ada5927f2d035","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-36-7-43","next":"us-in/ic-16-37-1-0.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}