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DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS

PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL

CHAPTER 1 - Short Title and Definitions

Section 4600. - 4600. This division may be cited as the Health Care...

Section 4603. - 4603. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions...

Section 4605. - 4605. “Advance health care directive” or “advance directive” means either...

Section 4607. - 4607. (a) “Agent” means an individual designated in a power...

Section 4609. - 4609. “Capacity” means a person’s ability to understand the nature...

Section 4611. - 4611. “Community care facility” means a “community care facility” as...

Section 4613. - 4613. “Conservator” means a court-appointed conservator having authority to make...

Section 4615. - 4615. “Health care” means any care, treatment, service, or procedure...

Section 4617. - 4617. “Health care decision” means a decision made by a...

Section 4619. - 4619. “Health care institution” means an institution, facility, or agency...

Section 4621. - 4621. “Health care provider” means an individual licensed, certified, or...

Section 4623. - 4623. “Individual health care instruction” or “individual instruction” means a...

Section 4625. - 4625. “Patient” means an adult whose health care is under...

Section 4627. - 4627. “Physician” means a physician and surgeon licensed by the...

Section 4629. - 4629. “Power of attorney for health care” means a written...

Section 4631. - 4631. “Primary physician” means a physician designated by a patient...

Section 4633. - 4633. “Principal” means an adult who executes a power of...

Section 4635. - 4635. “Reasonably available” means readily able to be contacted without...

Section 4637. - 4637. “Residential care facility for the elderly” means a “residential...

Section 4639. - 4639. “Skilled nursing facility” means a “skilled nursing facility” as...

Section 4641. - 4641. “Supervising health care provider” means the primary physician or,...

Section 4643. - 4643. “Surrogate” means an adult, other than a patient’s agent...

CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions

Section 4650. - 4650. The Legislature finds the following: (a) In recognition of...

Section 4651. - 4651. (a) Except as otherwise provided, this division applies to...

Section 4652. - 4652. This division does not authorize consent to any of...

Section 4653. - 4653. Nothing in this division shall be construed to condone,...

Section 4654. - 4654. This division does not authorize or require a health...

Section 4655. - 4655. (a) This division does not create a presumption concerning...

Section 4656. - 4656. Death resulting from withholding or withdrawing health care in...

Section 4657. - 4657. A patient is presumed to have the capacity to...

Section 4658. - 4658. Unless otherwise specified in a written advance health care...

Section 4659. - 4659. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), none of...

Section 4660. - 4660. A copy of a written advance health care directive,...

CHAPTER 3 - Transitional Provisions

Section 4665. - 4665. Except as otherwise provided by statute: (a) On and...

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...

PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 4750. - 4750. Subject to this division: (a) An advance health care...

Section 4751. - 4751. The remedies provided in this part are cumulative and...

Section 4752. - 4752. Except as provided in Section 4753, this part is...

Section 4753. - 4753. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), an advance health care...

Section 4754. - 4754. There is no right to a jury trial in...

Section 4755. - 4755. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the general...

CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue

Section 4760. - 4760. (a) The superior court has jurisdiction in proceedings under...

Section 4761. - 4761. The court may exercise jurisdiction in proceedings under this...

Section 4762. - 4762. Without limiting Section 4761, a person who acts as...

Section 4763. - 4763. The proper county for commencement of a proceeding under...

CHAPTER 3 - Petitions and Orders

Section 4765. - 4765. Subject to Section 4753, a petition may be filed...

Section 4766. - 4766. A petition may be filed under this part for...

Section 4767. - 4767. A proceeding under this part is commenced by filing...

Section 4768. - 4768. The court may dismiss a petition if it appears...

Section 4769. - 4769. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), at least 15 days...

Section 4770. - 4770. The court in its discretion, on a showing of...

Section 4771. - 4771. In a proceeding under this part commenced by the...

PART 4 - REQUEST REGARDING RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES

Section 4780. - 4780. (a) As used in this part: (1) “Request regarding...

Section 4781. - 4781. As used in this part, “health care provider” includes,...

Section 4781.2. - 4781.2. (a) A health care provider shall treat an individual...

Section 4781.4. - 4781.4. If the orders in an individual’s request regarding resuscitative...

Section 4781.5. - 4781.5. The legally recognized health care decisionmaker shall make health...

Section 4782. - 4782. A health care provider who honors a request regarding...

Section 4783. - 4783. (a) Forms for requests regarding resuscitative measures printed after...

Section 4784. - 4784. In the absence of knowledge to the contrary, a...

Section 4785. - 4785. This part applies regardless of whether the individual executing...

Section 4786. - 4786. This part does not repeal or narrow laws relating...

PART 5 - ADVANCE HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE REGISTRY

Section 4800. - 4800. (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a registry...

Section 4801. - 4801. The Secretary of State shall establish procedures to verify...

Section 4802. - 4802. The Secretary of State shall establish procedures to advise...

Section 4803. - 4803. Failure to register with the Secretary of State does...

Section 4804. - 4804. Registration with the Secretary of State does not affect...

Section 4805. - 4805. Nothing in this part shall be construed to affect...

Section 4806. - 4806. (a) The Secretary of State shall work with the...