California Probate Code PART 4 - REQUEST REGARDING RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES

  • Section 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 recognized health care...
  • Section 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 employees, including, but not...
  • Section 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 apply if the...
  • Section 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 Section 4623,...
  • Section 4781.5.
    The legally recognized health care decisionmaker shall make health care decisions pursuant to this part in accordance with Sections 4684 and 4714.(Added by Stats. 2008,...
  • Section 4782.
    A health care provider who honors a request regarding resuscitative measures is not subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, discipline for unprofessional conduct, administrative sanction,...
  • Section 4783.
    (a) Forms for requests regarding resuscitative measures printed after January 1, 1995, shall contain the following:“By signing this form, the legally recognized health care decisionmaker acknowledges...
  • Section 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.(Amended by...
  • Section 4785.
    This part applies regardless of whether the individual executing a request regarding resuscitative measures is within or outside a hospital or other health care institution.(Amended...
  • Section 4786.
    This part does not repeal or narrow laws relating to health care decisionmaking.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative...
  • Section 4788.
    (a)  For purposes of this section:(1) “Authority” means the Emergency Medical Services Authority.(2) “Authorized user” means a person authorized by the authority to submit information to, or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018