Section 2355 Of Chapter 5. Powers And Duties Of Guardian Or Conservator Of The Person From California Probate Code >> Division 4. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 5.
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. (a) If the conservatee has been adjudicated to lack the
capacity to make health care decisions, the conservator has the
exclusive authority to make health care decisions for the conservatee
that the conservator in good faith based on medical advice
determines to be necessary. The conservator shall make health care
decisions for the conservatee in accordance with the conservatee's
individual health care instructions, if any, and other wishes to the
extent known to the conservator. Otherwise, the conservator shall
make the decision in accordance with the conservator's determination
of the conservatee's best interest. In determining the conservatee's
best interest, the conservator shall consider the conservatee's
personal values to the extent known to the conservator. The
conservator may require the conservatee to receive the health care,
whether or not the conservatee objects. In this case, the health care
decision of the conservator alone is sufficient and no person is
liable because the health care is administered to the conservatee
without the conservatee's consent. For the purposes of this
subdivision, "health care" and "health care decision" have the
meanings provided in Sections 4615 and 4617, respectively.
(b) If prior to the establishment of the conservatorship the
conservatee was an adherent of a religion whose tenets and practices
call for reliance on prayer alone for healing, the treatment required
by the conservator under the provisions of this section shall be by
an accredited practitioner of that religion.