Section 4734.
Cal. Probate Code - PROB § 4734.
in effect(a)
A health care provider may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision for reasons of conscience.
(b)
A health care institution may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision if the instruction or decision is contrary to a policy of the institution that is expressly based on reasons of conscience and if the policy was timely communicated to the patient or to a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient.
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