§ 34-30-16-1 — Immunity from civil liability; violent behavior of patient

Indiana § 34-30-16-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 30: IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY
• Ch. 16: Health Care: Privileged Communications of Mental

Text

A mental health service provider is immune
from civil liability to persons other than the patient for failing to:
(1) predict; or
(2) warn or take precautions to protect from;
a patient's violent behavior unless the patient has communicated to the
provider of mental health services an actual threat of physical violence
or other means of harm against a reasonably identifiable victim or
victims, or evidences conduct or makes statements indicating an
imminent danger that the patient will use physical violence or use other
means to cause serious personal injury or death to others.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-12.4-2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.26.