Indiana § 16-36-7-32 Revocation; amendment or restatement

Indiana Statutes

§ 16-36-7-32 — Revocation; amendment or restatement

Indiana·Title 16 HEALTH·Art. 36 MEDICAL CONSENT·Ch. 7 Health Care Advance Directives

(a)The declarant who signs an advance directive may revoke that advance directive by any of the following:

(1)Signing, in a manner that complies with section 28 of this chapter, another advance directive.

(2)Signing, in a manner that complies with section 28 of this chapter, a document that:

(A)states in writing that the declarant is revoking the previously signed advance directive; and

(B)confirms the declarant's compliance with any explicit additional conditions for valid revocation that are stated in the advance directive.

(3)Orally expressing the declarant's present intention, in the direct physical presence of a health care provider, to:

(A)revoke the entire advance directive;

(B)revoke a designation of one (1) or more health care representatives within the advance directive;

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(a) The declarant who signs an advance
directive may revoke that advance directive by any of the following:
(1) Signing, in a manner that complies with section 28 of this
chapter, another advance directive.
(2) Signing, in a manner that complies with section 28 of this
chapter, a document that:
(A) states in writing that the declarant is revoking the
previously signed advance directive; and
(B) confirms the declarant's compliance with any explicit
additional conditions for valid revocation that are stated in the
advance directive.
(3) Orally expressing the declarant's present intention, in the
direct physical presence of a health care provider, to:
(A) revoke the entire advance directive;
(B) revoke a designation of one (1) or more health care
representatives within the advance directive; or
(C) revoke one (1) or more specific health care decisions or one
(1) or more desires or treatment preferences within the advance
directive.
However, if a declarant has not been determined to be incapacitated
under section 35 of this chapter, the declarant always has the right to
orally revoke a health care decision that is included within an advance
directive under section 28(a)(2) of this chapter or a statement of desires
or treatment preferences that is included within an advance directive
under section 28(a)(3) of this chapter, despite any contrary wording in
the advance directive.
(b) Until a health care representative or health care provider has
actual knowledge of a valid revocation of an advance directive:
(1) actions and health care decisions by a health care
representative designated in the advance directive are valid and
binding on the declarant; and
(2) health care providers may continue to rely on health care
decisions by the health care representative.
(c) A declarant who has signed a valid advance directive may
amend or restate that advance directive in a writing that is signed in
compliance with section 28 of this chapter and witnessed or
acknowledged in compliance with section 28(c), 28(d), or 28(e) of this
chapter. The amendment or restatement may take any action that could
have been included in the former or original advance directive.