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DIVISION 4.7. HEALTH CARE DECISIONS 4600-4806›PART 2. UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT 4670-4743›CHAPTER 1. Advance Health Care Directives 4670-4698›ARTICLE 1. General Provisions 4670-4679

§ 4678

California Probate Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

Unless otherwise specified in an advance health care directive, a person then authorized to make health care decisions for a patient has the same rights as the patient to request, receive, examine, copy, and consent to the disclosure of medical or any other health care information.

(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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