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Probate Code - PROB
DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL
CHAPTER 1 - Short Title and Definitions
Section 4607.
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4607. (a) “Agent” means an individual designated in a power of attorney for health care to make a health care decision for the principal, regardless of whether the person is known as an agent or attorney-in-fact, or by some other term.
(b) “Agent” includes a successor or alternate agent.
(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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