PART 1.8. END-OF-LIFE CARE [442. - 442.9.]

Part 1.8 added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 683, Sec. 2.

§§ 442–442.9 · 4 sections

• § 442 For the purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Actively dying” means the phase of terminal illness when death is imminent. (b)…
• § 442.5 (a) When a health care provider makes a diagnosis that a patient has a terminal illness, the health care provider shall do both of the following: (1) Notify…
• § 442.7 If a health care provider does not wish to comply with his or her patient’s request or, when applicable, the request of another person authorized to make…
• § 442.9 (a) Before the discharge from an acute care hospital of a Medi-Cal beneficiary diagnosed with a terminal illness, the hospital’s designated case manager or…