CHAPTER 2. General Provisions

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39.

§§ 4650–4660 · 11 sections

• § 4650 The Legislature finds the following: (a) In recognition of the dignity and privacy a person has a right to expect, the law recognizes that an adult has the…
• § 4651 (a) Except as otherwise provided, this division applies to health care decisions for adults who lack capacity to make health care decisions for themselves. (b)…
• § 4652 This division does not authorize consent to any of the following on behalf of a patient: (a) Commitment to or placement in a mental health treatment facility.…
• § 4653 Nothing in this division shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing, assisted suicide, or euthanasia. This division is not intended to…
• § 4654 This division does not authorize or require a health care provider or health care institution to provide health care contrary to generally accepted health care…
• § 4655 (a) This division does not create a presumption concerning the intention of a patient who has not made or who has revoked an advance health care directive. (b)…
• § 4656 Death resulting from withholding or withdrawing health care in accordance with this division does not for any purpose constitute a suicide or homicide or…
• § 4657 A patient is presumed to have the capacity to make a health care decision, to give or revoke an advance health care directive, and to designate or disqualify a…
• § 4658 Unless otherwise specified in a written advance health care directive, for the purposes of this division, a determination that a patient lacks or has recovered…
• § 4659 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), none of the following persons may make health care decisions as an agent under a power of attorney for health care…
• § 4660 A copy of a written advance health care directive, revocation of an advance directive, or designation or disqualification of a surrogate has the same effect as…