Indiana § 16-36-7-44 - Material conflict between multiple documents

§ 16-36-7-44. Material conflict between multiple documents

Sec. 44. If a declarant has become and remains incapacitated and has previously executed a valid advance directive under this chapter and executed:

(1) an appointment of a health care representative executed under IC 16-36-1 before January 1, 2023;

(2) a durable power of attorney granting health care powers and executed under IC 30-5 before January 1, 2023; or

(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

if 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.

As added by P.L.50-2021, SEC.63.

IC 16-37ARTICLE 37. VITAL STATISTICS

Ch. 1.General Provisions Ch. 2.Certification of Births Ch. 3.Certificates of Death and Stillbirth; Burial Permits Ch. 4.Medical Data Regarding Cause of Death Ch. 5.Suicide and Overdose Fatality Reporting

IC 16-37-1Chapter 1. General Provisions

16-37-1-0.1Repealed 16-37-1-1Administration; guidelines 16-37-1-2State registrar; duties 16-37-1-3State department duties; rules 16-37-1-3.1Indiana birth registration and Indiana death registration systems established; submission of records 16-37-1-4Registration districts 16-37-1-5Monthly report of local health officer 16-37-1-6Contents of monthly report 16-37-1-7Birth certificate requests; permanent records 16-37-1-7.5Public inspection of birth or stillbirth record 16-37-1-8Prerequisites to issuance of birth certificate; judicial review; missing child certificates; excluded information 16-37-1-8.5Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth; required contents of certificate 16-37-1-9Registration certificate charges 16-37-1-10Confidentiality; disclosure of data in records; conditions for availability; grounds for denial 16-37-1-11Record search or amendment; fees 16-37-1-11.5Birth problems registry fee 16-37-1-11.7Repealed 16-37-1-12Fraud; felony 16-37-1-13Violations; sanctions