Section 4800 Of Part 5. Advance Health Care Directive Registry From California Probate Code >> Division 4.7. >> Part 5.
4800
. (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a registry system
through which a person who has executed a written advance health care
directive may register in a central information center, information
regarding the advance directive, making that information available
upon request to any health care provider, the public guardian, or the
legal representative of the registrant. A request for information
pursuant to this section shall state the need for the information.
(b) The Secretary of State shall respond by the close of business
on the next business day to a request for information made pursuant
to Section 4717 by the emergency department of a general acute care
hospital.
(c) Information that may be received is limited to the registrant'
s name, social security number, driver's license number, or other
individual identifying number established by law, if any, address,
date and place of birth, the registrant's advance health care
directive, an intended place of deposit or safekeeping of a written
advance health care directive, and the name and telephone number of
the agent and any alternative agent. Information that may be released
upon request may not include the registrant's social security number
except when necessary to verify the identity of the registrant.
(d) When the Secretary of State receives information from a
registrant, the secretary shall issue the registrant an Advance
Health Care Directive Registry identification card indicating that an
advance health care directive, or information regarding an advance
health care directive, has been deposited with the registry. Costs
associated with issuance of the card shall be offset by the fee
charged by the Secretary of State to receive and register information
at the registry.
(e) The Secretary of State, at the request of the registrant or
his or her legal representative, shall transmit the information
received regarding the written advance health care directive to the
registry system of another jurisdiction as identified by the
registrant, or his or her legal representative.
(f) The Secretary of State shall charge a fee to each registrant
in an amount such that, when all fees charged to registrants are
aggregated, the aggregated fees do not exceed the actual cost of
establishing and maintaining the registry.