The act of withholding or withdrawing life prolonging procedures, when done under:

1. (1) a living will declaration made under this chapter;
2. (2) a court order or decision of a court appointed guardian; or

3. (3) a good faith medical decision by the attending physician that the patient has a terminal condition;

   is not an intervening force and does not affect the chain of proximate cause between the conduct of any person that placed the patient in a terminal condition and the patient's death.

   [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-21.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.