A health care provider or health care institution may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision that requires medically ineffective health care or health care contrary to generally accepted health care standards applicable to the health care provider or institution.
Cal. Prob. Code § 4735
Duties of Health Care Providers
Known as the Health Care Decisions Law
The act spans §§ 4600–4806 (113 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 222 F. Supp. 3d 850 - Fonseca v. Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Roseville (2016)
Most recently applied in 222 F. Supp. 3d 850 - Fonseca v. Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Roseville (May 2016)
Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.