Except as provided in Sections 4734 and 4735, a health care
provider or health care institution providing care to a patient shall
do the following:
   (a) Comply with an individual health care instruction of the
patient and with a reasonable interpretation of that instruction made
by a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the
patient.
   (b) Comply with a health care decision for the patient made by a
person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient
to the same extent as if the decision had been made by the patient
while having capacity.

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