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CA Prob Code § 4717 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Health Care Surrogates|Section 4717.

4717.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 24 hours of the arrival in the emergency department of a general acute care hospital of a patient who is unconscious or otherwise incapable of communication, the hospital shall make reasonable efforts to contact the patient’s agent, surrogate, or a family member or other person the hospital reasonably believes has the authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient. A hospital shall be deemed to have made reasonable efforts, and to have discharged its duty under this section, if it does all of the following:(1) Examines the personal effects, if any, accompanying the patient and any medical records regarding the patient in its possession, and reviews any verbal or written report made by emergency medical technicians or the police, to identify the name of any agent, surrogate, or a family member or other person the hospital reasonably believes has the authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient.(2) Contacts or attempts to contact any agent, surrogate, or a family member or other person the hospital reasonably believes has the authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient, as identified in paragraph (1).(3) Contacts the Secretary of State directly or indirectly, including by voice mail or facsimile, to inquire whether the patient has registered an advance health care directive with the Advance Health Care Directive Registry, if the hospital finds evidence of the patient’s Advance Health Care Directive Registry identification card either from the patient or from the patient’s family or authorized agent.(b) The hospital shall document in the patient’s medical record all efforts made to contact any agent, surrogate, or a family member or other person the hospital reasonably believes has the authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient.(c) Application of this section shall be suspended during any period in which the hospital implements its disaster and mass casualty program, or its fire and internal disaster program.(Added by renumbering Section 4716 (as added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 329) by Stats. 2004, Ch. 882, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Prob Code § 4730 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 4 - Duties of Health Care Providers|Section 4730.

4730.  Before implementing a health care decision made for a patient, a supervising health care provider, if possible, shall promptly communicate to the patient the decision made and the identity of the person making the decision.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4731 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 4 - Duties of Health Care Providers|Section 4731.

4731.  (a) A supervising health care provider who knows of the existence of an advance health care directive, a revocation of an advance health care directive, or a designation or disqualification of a surrogate, shall promptly record its existence in the patient’s health care record and, if it is in writing, shall request a copy. If a copy is furnished, the supervising health care provider shall arrange for its maintenance in the patient’s health care record.(b) A supervising health care provider who knows of a revocation of a power of attorney for health care or a disqualification of a surrogate shall make a reasonable effort to notify the agent or surrogate of the revocation or disqualification.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4732 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 4 - Duties of Health Care Providers|Section 4732.

4732.  A primary physician who makes or is informed of a determination that a patient lacks or has recovered capacity, or that another condition exists affecting an individual health care instruction or the authority of an agent, conservator of the person, or surrogate, shall promptly record the determination in the patient’s health care record and communicate the determination to the patient, if possible, and 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.)
CA Prob Code § 4733 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 4 - Duties of Health Care Providers|Section 4733.

4733.  Except as provided in Sections 4734 and 4735, a health care provider or health care institution providing care to a patient shall do the following:(a) Comply with an individual health care instruction of the patient and with a reasonable interpretation of that instruction made by a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient.(b) Comply with a health care decision for the patient made by a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient to the same extent as if the decision had been made by the patient while having capacity.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4734 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 4 - Duties of Health Care Providers|Section 4734.

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.)
CA Prob Code § 4735 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 4 - Duties of Health Care Providers|Section 4735.

4735.  A health care provider or health care institution may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision that requires medically ineffective health care or health care contrary to generally accepted health care standards applicable to the health care provider or institution.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4736 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 4 - Duties of Health Care Providers|Section 4736.

4736.  A health care provider or health care institution that declines to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision shall do all of the following:(a) Promptly so inform the patient, if possible, and any person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient.(b) Unless the patient or person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient refuses assistance, immediately make all reasonable efforts to assist in the transfer of the patient to another health care provider or institution that is willing to comply with the instruction or decision.(c) Provide continuing care to the patient until a transfer can be accomplished or until it appears that a transfer cannot be accomplished. In all cases, appropriate pain relief and other palliative care shall be continued.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4740 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Immunities and Liabilities|Section 4740.

4740.  A health care provider or health care institution acting in good faith and in accordance with generally accepted health care standards applicable to the health care provider or institution is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for any actions in compliance with this division, including, but not limited to, any of the following conduct:(a) Complying with a health care decision of a person that the health care provider or health care institution believes in good faith has the authority to make a health care decision for a patient, including a decision to withhold or withdraw health care.(b) Declining to comply with a health care decision of a person based on a belief that the person then lacked authority.(c) Complying with an advance health care directive and assuming that the directive was valid when made and has not been revoked or terminated.(d) Declining to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision, in accordance with Sections 4734 to 4736, inclusive.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4741 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Immunities and Liabilities|Section 4741.

4741.  A person acting as agent or surrogate under this part is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for health care decisions made in good faith.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4742 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Immunities and Liabilities|Section 4742.

4742.  (a) A health care provider or health care institution that intentionally violates this part is subject to liability to the aggrieved individual for damages of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or actual damages resulting from the violation, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney’s fees.(b) A person who intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates an individual’s advance health care directive or a revocation of an advance health care directive without the individual’s consent, or who coerces or fraudulently induces an individual to give, revoke, or not to give an advance health care directive, is subject to liability to that individual for damages of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or actual damages resulting from the action, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney’s fees.(c) The damages provided in this section are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4743 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 2 - UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Immunities and Liabilities|Section 4743.

4743.  Any person who alters or forges a written advance health care directive of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation of an advance directive, with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of health care necessary to keep the patient alive contrary to the desires of the patient, and thereby directly causes health care necessary to keep the patient alive to be withheld or withdrawn and the death of the patient thereby to be hastened, is subject to prosecution for unlawful homicide as provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 187) of Title 8 of Part 1 of the Penal Code.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4750 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 4750.

4750.  Subject to this division:(a) An advance health care directive is effective and exercisable free of judicial intervention.(b) A health care decision made by an agent for a principal is effective without judicial approval.(c) A health care decision made by a surrogate for a patient is effective without judicial approval.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4751 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 4751.

4751.  The remedies provided in this part are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4752 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 4752.

4752.  Except as provided in Section 4753, this part is not subject to limitation in an advance health care directive.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4753 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 4753.

4753.  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), an advance health care directive may expressly eliminate the authority of a person listed in Section 4765 to petition the court for any one or more of the purposes enumerated in Section 4766, if both of the following requirements are satisfied:(1) The advance directive is executed by an individual having the advice of a lawyer authorized to practice law in the state where the advance directive is executed.(2) The individual’s lawyer signs a certificate stating in substance:“I am a lawyer authorized to practice law in the state where this advance health care directive was executed, and __________ [insert name] was my client at the time this advance directive was executed. I have advised my client concerning his or her rights in connection with this advance directive and the applicable law and the consequences of signing or not signing this advance directive, and my client, after being so advised, has executed this advance directive.”(b) An advance health care directive may not limit the authority of the following persons to petition under this part:(1) The conservator of the person, with respect to a petition relating to an advance directive, for a purpose specified in subdivision (b) or (d) of Section 4766.(2) The agent, with respect to a petition relating to a power of attorney for health care, for a purpose specified in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 4766.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4754 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 4754.

4754.  There is no right to a jury trial in proceedings under this division.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4755 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 4755.

4755.  Except as otherwise provided in this division, the general provisions in Division 3 (commencing with Section 1000) apply to proceedings under this division.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4760 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue|Section 4760.

4760.  (a) The superior court has jurisdiction in proceedings under this division.(b) The court in proceedings under this division is a court of general jurisdiction and the court, or a judge of the court, has the same power and authority with respect to the proceedings as otherwise provided by law for a superior court, or a judge of the superior court, including, but not limited to, the matters authorized by Section 128 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4761 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue|Section 4761.

4761.  The court may exercise jurisdiction in proceedings under this division on any basis permitted by Section 410.10 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4762 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue|Section 4762.

4762.  Without limiting Section 4761, a person who acts as an agent under a power of attorney for health care or as a surrogate under this division is subject to personal jurisdiction in this state with respect to matters relating to acts and transactions of the agent or surrogate performed in this state or affecting a patient in this state.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4763 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue|Section 4763.

4763.  The proper county for commencement of a proceeding under this division shall be determined in the following order of priority:(a) The county in which the patient resides.(b) The county in which the agent or surrogate resides.(c) Any other county that is in the patient’s best interest.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4765 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 3 - Petitions and Orders|Section 4765.

4765.  Subject to Section 4753, a petition may be filed under this part by any of the following persons:(a) The patient.(b) The patient’s spouse, unless legally separated.(c) A relative of the patient.(d) The patient’s agent or surrogate.(e) The conservator of the person of the patient.(f) The court investigator, described in Section 1454, of the county where the patient resides.(g) The public guardian of the county where the patient resides.(h) The supervising health care provider or health care institution involved with the patient’s care.(i) Any other interested person or friend of the patient.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4766 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 3 - Petitions and Orders|Section 4766.

4766.  A petition may be filed under this part for any one or more of the following purposes:(a) Determining whether or not the patient has capacity to make health care decisions.(b) Determining whether an advance health care directive is in effect or has terminated.(c) Determining whether the acts or proposed acts of an agent or surrogate are consistent with the patient’s desires as expressed in an advance health care directive or otherwise made known to the court or, where the patient’s desires are unknown or unclear, whether the acts or proposed acts of the agent or surrogate are in the patient’s best interest.(d) Declaring that the authority of an agent or surrogate is terminated, upon a determination by the court that the agent or surrogate has made a health care decision for the patient that authorized anything illegal or upon a determination by the court of both of the following:(1) The agent or surrogate has violated, has failed to perform, or is unfit to perform, the duty under an advance health care directive to act consistent with the patient’s desires or, where the patient’s desires are unknown or unclear, is acting (by action or inaction) in a manner that is clearly contrary to the patient’s best interest.(2) At the time of the determination by the court, the patient lacks the capacity to execute or to revoke an advance health care directive or disqualify a surrogate.(e) Compelling a third person to honor individual health care instructions or the authority of an agent or surrogate.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 230, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Prob Code § 4767 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 3 - Petitions and Orders|Section 4767.

4767.  A proceeding under this part is commenced by filing a petition stating facts showing that the petition is authorized under this part, the grounds of the petition, and, if known to the petitioner, the terms of any advance health care directive in question.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4768 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 3 - Petitions and Orders|Section 4768.

4768.  The court may dismiss a petition if it appears that the proceeding is not reasonably necessary for the protection of the interests of the patient and shall stay or dismiss the proceeding in whole or in part when required by Section 410.30 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.)
CA Prob Code § 4769 (2021)
2021 California Code|Probate Code - PROB|DIVISION 4.7 - HEALTH CARE DECISIONS|PART 3 - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS|CHAPTER 3 - Petitions and Orders|Section 4769.

4769.  (a) Subject to subdivision (b), at least 15 days before the time set for hearing, the petitioner shall serve notice of the time and place of the hearing, together with a copy of the petition, on the following:(1) The agent or surrogate, if not the petitioner.(2) The patient, if not the petitioner.(b) In the case of a petition to compel a third person to honor individual health care instructions or the authority of an agent or surrogate, notice of the time and place of the hearing, together with a copy of the petition, shall be served on the third person in the manner provided in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 413.10) of Title 5 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 230, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2002.)