PART 7. CAPACITY DETERMINATIONS AND HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR ADULT WITHOUT CONSERVATOR [3200. - 3212.]
Heading of Part 7 amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 14.
§§ 3200–3212 · 14 sections
- § 3200 As used in this part: (a) “Health care” means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or otherwise affect a patient’s physical or…
- § 3201 (a) A petition may be filed to determine that a patient has the capacity to make a health care decision concerning an existing or continuing condition. (b) A…
- § 3202 The petition may be filed in the superior court of any of the following counties: (a) The county in which the patient resides. (b) The county in which the…
- § 3203 A petition may be filed by any of the following: (a) The patient. (b) The patient’s spouse. (c) A relative or friend of the patient, or other interested…
- § 3204 The petition shall state, or set forth by a medical declaration attached to the petition, all of the following known to the petitioner at the time the petition…
- § 3205 Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall determine the name of the attorney the patient has retained to represent the patient in the proceeding under…
- § 3206 (a) Not less than 15 days before the hearing, notice of the time and place of the hearing and a copy of the petition shall be personally served on the patient,…
- § 3207 Notwithstanding Section 3206, the matter presented by the petition may be submitted for the determination of the court upon proper and sufficient medical…
- § 3208 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the court may make an order authorizing the recommended health care for the patient and designating a person to give…
- § 3208.5 In a proceeding under this part: (a) Where the patient has the capacity to consent to the recommended health care, the court shall so find in its order. (b)…
- § 3209 The court in which the petition is filed has continuing jurisdiction to revoke or modify an order made under this part upon a petition filed, noticed, and…
- § 3210 (a) This part is supplemental and alternative to other procedures or methods for obtaining consent to health care or making health care decisions, and is…
- § 3211 (a) No person may be placed in a mental health treatment facility under the provisions of this part. (b) No experimental drug as defined in Section 111515 of…
- § 3212 Nothing in this part shall be construed to supersede or impair the right of any individual to choose treatment by spiritual means in lieu of medical treatment,…