Prob. Code, § 4750 · Chapter 1. General Provisions
Prob. Code, § 4750
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Subject to this division:
(a) An advance health care directive is effective and exercisable free of judicial intervention.
(b) A health care decision made by an agent for a principal is effective without judicial approval.
(c) A health care decision made by a surrogate for a patient is effective without judicial approval.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.
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