“Primary physician” means a physician designated by a patient or the patient’s agent, conservator, or surrogate, to have primary responsibility for the patient’s health care or, in the absence of a designation or if the designated physician is not reasonably available or declines to act as primary physician, a physician who undertakes the responsibility.
Cal. Prob. Code § 4631
Short Title and Definitions
Known as the Health Care Decisions Law
The act spans §§ 4600–4806 (113 sections).
Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39
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