Probate Code section 4696

A health care provider, agent, conservator, or surrogate who is informed of a revocation of an advance health care directive shall promptly communicate the fact of the revocation to the supervising health care provider and to any health care institution where the patient is receiving care.

Source: Section 4696, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4696. (updated Jan. 1, 2000; accessed Sep. 22, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_4696

Original Source: Section 4696, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4696. (last accessed May 12, 2025).