Statute · California Probate Code
Cal. Prob. Code § 4734 — Duties of Health Care Providers
Cal. Prob. Code § 4734
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Probate Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2000-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) A health care provider may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision for reasons of conscience.
Citator
Cal. Prob. Code § 4734 — Duties of Health Care Providers is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) A health care provider may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision for reasons of conscience.
(b) A health care institution may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision if the instruction or decision is contrary to a policy of the institution that is expressly based on reasons of conscience and if the policy was timely communicated to the patient or to a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient.