California Health and Safety Code

§ 1599.3

HSC § 1599.3Div. 2 · Ch. 3.9

Statute text

Any rights under this chapter of a patient judicially determined to be incompetent, or who is found by his physician to be medically incapable of understanding such information, or who exhibits a communication barrier, shall devolve to such patient’s guardian, conservator, next of kin, sponsoring agency, or representative payer, except when the facility itself is the representative payer.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 893.