Section 4781.2 Of Part 4. Request Regarding Resuscitative Measures From California Probate Code >> Division 4.7. >> Part 4.
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. (a) A health care provider shall treat an individual in
accordance with a Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment
form.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply if the Physician Orders for
Life Sustaining Treatment form requires medically ineffective health
care or health care contrary to generally accepted health care
standards applicable to the health care provider or institution.
(c) A physician may conduct an evaluation of the individual and,
if possible, in consultation with the individual, or the individual's
legally recognized health care decisionmaker, issue a new order
consistent with the most current information available about the
individual's health status and goals of care.
(d) The legally recognized health care decisionmaker of an
individual without capacity shall consult with the physician who is,
at that time, the individual's treating physician prior to making a
request to modify that individual's Physician Orders for Life
Sustaining Treatment form.
(e) An individual with capacity may, at any time, request
alternative treatment to that treatment that was ordered on the form.