Health & Saf. Code, § 1599.3 · Chapter 3.9. Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facility Patient’s Bill of Rights
Health & Saf. Code, § 1599.3
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Any rights under this chapter of a patient judicially determined to be incompetent, or who is found by his physician to be medically incapable of understanding such information, or who exhibits a communication barrier, shall devolve to such patient’s guardian, conservator, next of kin, sponsoring agency, or representative payer, except when the facility itself is the representative payer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 893.
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