Probate Code section 4733

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“While advance directives can be patients’ last resort to attain a peaceful and timely dying consistent with their lifelong values, success depends on their being effective and acceptable.”
 
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Except as provided in Section 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.

Source: Section 4733, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=4733.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2000; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

Last Updated

Jan. 1, 2000

§ 4733’s source at ca​.gov