{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prob-4733","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PROB § 4733","heading":"","body":"Except as provided in Sections 4734 and 4735, a health care provider or health care institution providing care to a patient shall do the following:\n(a) Comply with an individual health care instruction of the patient and with a reasonable interpretation of that instruction made by a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient.\n(b) Comply with a health care decision for the patient made by a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient to the same extent as if the decision had been made by the patient while having capacity.","path":["Probate Code - PROB","DIVISION 4.7. HEALTH CARE DECISIONS [4600. - 4806.]","PART 2. UNIFORM HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT [4670. - 4743.]","CHAPTER 4. Duties of Health Care Providers [4730. - 4736.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"0a16563855c3ad8f1a42e75332cf7700bbff5ed953a5249fa25676b8235c1608","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prob-4732","next":"us-ca/prob-4734"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}