Health & Saf. Code, § 442.7 · Part 1.8. END-OF-LIFE CARE
Health & Saf. Code, § 442.7
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
If a health care provider does not wish to comply with his or her patient’s request or, when applicable, the request of another person authorized to make health care decisions, as defined in Section 4617 of the Probate Code, for the patient for information on end-of-life options, the health care provider shall do both of the following:
(a) Refer or transfer a patient to another health care provider that shall provide the requested information.
(b) Provide the patient or other person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient with information on procedures to transfer to another health care provider that shall provide the requested information.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 568, Sec. 2. (AB 2139) Effective January 1, 2015.
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