Health and Safety Code § 1599.3
CHAPTER 3.9. Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facility Patient’s Bill of Rights
Any rights under this chapter of a patient judicially determined to be incompetent, or who is found by his physician to be medically incapable of understanding such information, or who exhibits a communication barrier, shall devolve to such patient’s guardian, conservator, next of kin, sponsoring agency, or representative payer, except when the facility itself is the representative payer.