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2012 California Codes
PROB - Probate Code
DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS [4600 - 4806]
PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT
CHAPTER 3 - Health Care Surrogates
Section 4715
CA Prob Code § 4715 (through 2013 Leg Sess) What's This?
A patient having capacity at any time may disqualify another person, including a member of the patient’s family, from acting as the patient’s surrogate by a signed writing or by personally informing the supervising health care provider of the disqualification.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
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