§ 4655

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 658, Sec. 39. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2000, by Sec. 43 of Ch. 658.
(a)This division does not create a presumption concerning the intention of a patient who has not made or who has revoked an advance health care directive.
(b)In making health care decisions under this division, a patient’s attempted suicide shall not be construed to indicate a desire of the patient that health care be restricted or inhibited.

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