Section 442.7.


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  • If a health care provider does not wish to comply with his or her patient's request for information on end-of-life options, the health care provider shall do both of the following:

    (a) Refer or transfer a patient to another health care provider that shall provide the requested information.

    (b) Provide the patient with information on procedures to transfer to another health care provider that shall provide the requested information.

(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 683, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)