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DIVISION 4.7. HEALTH CARE DECISIONS 4600-4806›PART 3. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 4750-4771›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 4750-4755

§ 4750

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

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.

(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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