California Probate Code

§ 1881

PROB § 1881 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 4 · Part 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)A conservatee shall be deemed unable to give informed consent to any form of medical treatment pursuant to Section 1880 if, for all medical treatments, the conservatee is unable to respond knowingly and intelligently to queries about medical treatment or is unable to participate in a treatment decision by means of a rational thought process.

(b)In order for a court to determine that a conservatee is unable to respond knowingly and intelligently to queries about his or her medical treatment or is unable to participate in treatment decisions by means of a rational thought process, a court shall do both of the following:

(1)Determine that, for all medical treatments, the conservatee is unable to understand at least one of the following items of minimum basic medical treatment information:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 178, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1997.