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Probate Code - PROB

DIVISION 4.7. HEALTH CARE DECISIONS [4600 - 4806]

  ( Division 4.7 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. )
  

PART 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL [4600 - 4665]

  ( Part 1 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Short Title and Definitions [4600 - 4643]
  ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. )

  
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(a) “Health care decision” means a decision made by a patient or the patient’s agent, conservator, or surrogate, regarding the patient’s health care, including the following:

(1) Selection and discharge of health care providers and institutions.

(2) Approval or disapproval of diagnostic tests, surgical procedures, and programs of medication, including mental health conditions.

(3) Directions to provide, withhold, or withdraw artificial nutrition and hydration and all other forms of health care, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(b) “Health care decision” does not include a decision made by a patient’s agent, conservator, or surrogate to consent to treatments identified in Section 4652.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 171, Sec. 1. (AB 1029) Effective January 1, 2024.)