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Cal. Prob. Code § 4651

General Provisions

Known as the Health Care Decisions Law

The act spans §§ 4600–4806 (113 sections).

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39

(a) Except as otherwise provided, this division applies to health care decisions for adults who lack capacity to make health care decisions for themselves.

(b) This division does not affect any of the following:

(1) The right of an individual to make health care decisions while having the capacity to do so.

(2) The law governing health care in an emergency.

(3) The law governing health care for unemancipated minors.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.