Probate Code section 4715

A patient having capacity at any time may disqualify another person, including a member of the patient’s family, from acting as the patient’s surrogate by a signed writing or by personally informing the supervising health care provider of the disqualification.

Source: Section 4715, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4715. (accessed Apr. 24, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/probate_code_section_4715

Original Source: Section 4715, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4715. (last accessed Apr. 24, 2025).