Prob. Code, § 4802 · Part 5. ADVANCE HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE REGISTRY
Prob. Code, § 4802
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The Secretary of State shall establish procedures to advise each registrant of the following:
(a) A health care provider may not honor a written advance health care directive until it receives a copy from the registrant.
(b) Each registrant must notify the registry upon revocation of the advance directive.
(c) Each registrant must reregister upon execution of a subsequent advance directive.
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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