California Code
DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT

CHAPTER 1 - Advance Health Care Directives

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 4670. - 4670. An adult having capacity may give an individual health...

Section 4671. - 4671. (a) An adult having capacity may execute a power...

Section 4672. - 4672. (a) A written advance health care directive may include...

Section 4673. - 4673. (a) A written advance health care directive is legally...

Section 4674. - 4674. If the written advance health care directive is signed...

Section 4675. - 4675. (a) If an individual is a patient in a...

Section 4676. - 4676. (a) A written advance health care directive or similar...

Section 4677. - 4677. A health care provider, health care service plan, health...

Section 4678. - 4678. Unless otherwise specified in an advance health care directive,...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers of Attorney for Health Care

Section 4680. - 4680. A power of attorney for health care is legally...

Section 4681. - 4681. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the principal...

Section 4682. - 4682. Unless otherwise provided in a power of attorney for...

Section 4683. - 4683. Subject to any limitations in the power of attorney...

Section 4684. - 4684. An agent shall make a health care decision in...

Section 4685. - 4685. Unless the power of attorney for health care provides...

Section 4686. - 4686. Unless the power of attorney for health care provides...

Section 4687. - 4687. Nothing in this division affects any right the person...

Section 4688. - 4688. Where this division does not provide a rule governing...

Section 4689. - 4689. Nothing in this division authorizes an agent under a...

Section 4690. - 4690. (a) If the principal becomes wholly or partially incapacitated,...

Section 4691. - 4691. If directed by the principal in a power of...

ARTICLE 3 - Revocation of Advance Directives

Section 4695. - 4695. (a) A patient having capacity may revoke the designation...

Section 4696. - 4696. A health care provider, agent, conservator, or surrogate who...

Section 4697. - 4697. (a) If after executing a power of attorney for...

Section 4698. - 4698. An advance health care directive that conflicts with an...

CHAPTER 2 - Advance Health Care Directive Forms

Section 4700. - 4700. The form provided in Section 4701 may, but need...

Section 4701. - 4701. The statutory advance health care directive form is as...

CHAPTER 3 - Health Care Surrogates

Section 4711. - 4711. (a) A patient may designate an adult as a...

Section 4712. - 4712. (a) If a patient lacks the capacity to make...

Section 4714. - 4714. A surrogate, including a person acting as a surrogate,...

Section 4715. - 4715. A patient having capacity at any time may disqualify...

Section 4716. - 4716. (a) If a patient lacks the capacity to make...

Section 4717. - 4717. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 24...

CHAPTER 4 - Duties of Health Care Providers

Section 4730. - 4730. Before implementing a health care decision made for a...

Section 4731. - 4731. (a) A supervising health care provider who knows of...

Section 4732. - 4732. A primary physician who makes or is informed of...

Section 4733. - 4733. Except as provided in Sections 4734 and 4735, a...

Section 4734. - 4734. (a) A health care provider may decline to comply...

Section 4735. - 4735. A health care provider or health care institution may...

Section 4736. - 4736. A health care provider or health care institution that...

CHAPTER 5 - Immunities and Liabilities

Section 4740. - 4740. A health care provider or health care institution acting...

Section 4741. - 4741. A person acting as agent or surrogate under this...

Section 4742. - 4742. (a) A health care provider or health care institution...

Section 4743. - 4743. Any person who alters or forges a written advance...