Probate Code - PROB
DIVISION 4.7. HEALTH CARE DECISIONS [4600 - 4806]
( Division 4.7 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. ) PART 2. UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT [4670 - 4743]
( Part 2 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. ) CHAPTER 4. Duties of Health Care Providers [4730 - 4736]
( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. ) 4734.
(a) A health care provider may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision for reasons of conscience.
(b) A health care institution may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision if the instruction or decision is contrary to a policy of the institution that is expressly based on reasons of conscience and if the policy was timely communicated to the patient or to a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)