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DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS 1200-1796.88›CHAPTER 3.9. Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facility Patient’s Bill of Rights 1599-1599.4

§ 1599.3

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

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.

(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 893.)

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