16-18-2-223.5. "Medical emergency"

IN Code § 16-18-2-223.5 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 223.5. "Medical emergency", for purposes of IC 16-34, means a condition that, on the basis of the attending physician's good faith clinical judgment, complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman so that it necessitates the immediate termination of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay would create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.

As added by P.L.187-1995, SEC.2.