PART 4. REQUEST REGARDING RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES

Heading of Part 4 amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 266, Sec. 2.

§§ 4780–4786 · 10 sections

• § 4780 (a) As used in this part: (1) “Request regarding resuscitative measures” means a written document, signed by (A) an individual with capacity, or a legally…
• § 4781 As used in this part, “health care provider” includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a) Persons described in Section 4621. (b) Emergency response…
• § 4781.2 (a) A health care provider shall treat an individual in accordance with a Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment form. (b) Subdivision (a) does not…
• § 4781.4 If the orders in an individual’s request regarding resuscitative measures directly conflict with his or her individual health care instruction, as defined in…
• § 4781.5 The legally recognized health care decisionmaker shall make health care decisions pursuant to this part in accordance with Sections 4684 and 4714.
• § 4782 A health care provider who honors a request regarding resuscitative measures is not subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, discipline for…
• § 4783 (a) Forms for requests regarding resuscitative measures printed after January 1, 1995, shall contain the following: “By signing this form, the legally…
• § 4784 In the absence of knowledge to the contrary, a health care provider may presume that a request regarding resuscitative measures is valid and unrevoked.
• § 4785 This part applies regardless of whether the individual executing a request regarding resuscitative measures is within or outside a hospital or other health…
• § 4786 This part does not repeal or narrow laws relating to health care decisionmaking.