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Probate Code § 4715

CHAPTER 3. Health Care Surrogates

Current as of September 28, 2026Prob. Code, § 4715Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.

A patient having capacity at any time may disqualify another person, including a member of the patient’s family, from acting as the patient’s surrogate by a signed writing or by personally informing the supervising health care provider of the disqualification.