California · Probate Code

PROB §4657: A patient is presumed to have the capacity to make a health care decision, to give or revoke an advance health care directive, and to designate or disqualify a surrogate.

What this law says, in plain English

A patient is legally presumed capable of making health care decisions, creating advance directives, and choosing or removing surrogates unless proven otherwise.

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A patient is presumed to have the capacity to make a health care decision, to give or revoke an advance health care directive, and to designate or disqualify a surrogate. This presumption is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.

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