Section 4782 Of Part 4. Request Regarding Resuscitative Measures From California Probate Code >> Division 4.7. >> Part 4.
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. A health care provider who honors a request regarding
resuscitative measures is not subject to criminal prosecution, civil
liability, discipline for unprofessional conduct, administrative
sanction, or any other sanction, as a result of his or her reliance
on the request, if the health care provider (a) believes in good
faith that the action or decision is consistent with this part, and
(b) has no knowledge that the action or decision would be
inconsistent with a health care decision that the individual signing
the request would have made on his or her own behalf under like
circumstances.