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Probate Code - PROB
DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT
CHAPTER 4 - Duties of Health Care Providers
Section 4733.
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CA Prob Code § 4733 (2019)
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4733.
Except as provided in Sections 4734 and 4735, a health care provider or health care institution providing care to a patient shall do the following:
(a) Comply with an individual health care instruction of the patient and with a reasonable interpretation of that instruction made by a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient.
(b) Comply with a health care decision for the patient made by a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient to the same extent as if the decision had been made by the patient while having capacity.
(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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