Indiana Code
Title 12. Human Services
Article 27. Rights of Individuals Being Treated for Mental Illness or Developmental Disabilities

Chapter 1. Application

12-27-1-1. Patients Receiving Service or Training From Services Providers - Sec. 1. This article applies to a patient receiving mental...

12-27-1-2. Individuals Receiving Services or Training Under Department of Correction - Sec. 2. This article does not apply to an individual...

12-27-1-3. Private Practitioners or Other Persons; Election to Be Subject to Article - Sec. 3. A private practitioner or other person not covered...

12-27-1-4. Rules - Sec. 4. Each division shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...

Chapter 2. Rights of Patients

12-27-2-1. Professional and Appropriate Services or Training; Humane Care; Religious Practice; Consultation With Legal Counsel and Private Practitioners - Sec. 1. Subject to section 2 of this chapter, a...

12-27-2-2. Limitations; No Known Effective Treatment or Training; Services or Training Not Likely to Produce Significant Improvement - Sec. 2. (a) The rights set forth in section 1...

12-27-2-3. Exercise of Constitutional, Statutory, and Civil Rights; Rights Denied or Limited by Adjudication or Finding of Mental Incompetency; Voidable Acts Not Validated - Sec. 3. (a) A patient is entitled to exercise the...

Chapter 3. Conditional Rights of Patients in Residential Settings

12-27-3-1. Reasonable Means of Communication Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "reasonable means of...

12-27-3-2. Rights Additional to Those Recognized in Ic 12-27-2 - Sec. 2. The rights described in this chapter are in...

12-27-3-3. Conditional Rights - Sec. 3. Subject to section 4 of this chapter, a...

12-27-3-4. Denial or Limitation of Rights - Sec. 4. The conditional rights recognized in this chapter may...

12-27-3-5. Notice of Denial or Limitation of Rights - Sec. 5. The service provider shall give notice of denial...

Chapter 4. Seclusion and Restraint of Patients

12-27-4-1. Cases in Which Seclusion or Restraint May Be Used - Sec. 1. A service provider may use seclusion or restraint...

12-27-4-2. Recording Instances of and Reasons for Use of Seclusion or Restraint - Sec. 2. A service provider shall record all instances of...

12-27-4-3. Observation of Restrained or Secluded Patient; Recording - Sec. 3. A service provider shall do the following: (1)...

Chapter 5. Refusal of Treatment

12-27-5-1. Voluntary Patients; Rights to Refuse Treatment - Sec. 1. An adult voluntary patient who is not adjudicated...

12-27-5-2. Involuntary Patients; Petitioning Committing Court or Hearing Officer - Sec. 2. (a) An involuntary patient who wants to refuse...

Chapter 6. Information Concerning Rights of Patients

12-27-6-1. Patient Access to Information Respecting Patient Rights - Sec. 1. The administrative head of a facility subject to...

12-27-6-2. Information Required to Be Given Patients - Sec. 2. A service provider shall inform all patients of...

12-27-6-3. Adult Voluntary Patients; Right to Refuse Treatment or Habilitation; Involuntary Patients; Right to Petition for Consideration - Sec. 3. (a) A service provider shall inform all adult...

Chapter 7. Waiver of Rights

12-27-7-1. Voluntary and Knowing Waiver - Sec. 1. A patient may waive any of the rights...

12-27-7-2. Admission to Program; Waiver Not Condition - Sec. 2. A waiver made under section 1 of this...

12-27-7-3. Withdrawal of Waiver - Sec. 3. Admission to a treatment or habilitation program may...

Chapter 8. Remedies

12-27-8-1. Remedy for Violations - Sec. 1. A violation of rights recognized by this article...

12-27-8-2. Action; Court Having Jurisdiction; Money Damages for Willful or Wanton Violations - Sec. 2. (a) An individual whose rights were violated or...

12-27-8-3. Administrative Remedies - Sec. 3. A violation of rights recognized by this article...

Chapter 9. Mental Health Ombudsman Program

12-27-9-1. Repealed - As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.62. Repealed by P.L.100-1998, SEC.1.

12-27-9-2. Confidentiality of Information - Sec. 2. Except as provided under section 6 of this...

12-27-9-3. Contract With Nonprofit Corporation for Operation of Program - Sec. 3. Within the limits of appropriated funds, the division...

12-27-9-4. Duties of Program; Records and Reports - Sec. 4. (a) The mental health ombudsman program operated under...

12-27-9-5. Complaints; Recommendations - Sec. 5. (a) The ombudsman may receive a complaint from...

12-27-9-6. Referral of Matters; Statistics - Sec. 6. (a) If the ombudsman believes that the agency,...