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Indiana Code › Title 16 › Article 39 › Chapter 1 › Section 16-39-1-5

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Sec. 5. If a provider who is a health care professional reasonably determines that the information requested under section 1 of this chapter is:

(1) detrimental to the physical or mental health of the patient; or

(2) likely to cause the patient to harm the patient or another;

the provider may withhold the information from the patient.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-8-6.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.22.

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