If a patient's written consent is:(1) signed by the patient or the patient's authorized representative;(2) witnessed by an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and(3) explained, orally or in the written consent, to the patient or the patient's authorized representative before a treatment, procedure, examination, or test;a rebuttable presumption is created that the consent is an informed consent.As added by P.L.145-1996, SEC.3.
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