Health Care Decision-Making Capacity: A Legal Perspective for Long-Term Care Providers

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1. Federal Patient Self-Determination Act, 42 USCA §1395cc(f)(1) and 42 USCA §1396a(a) (2004).
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3. California Probate Code §§4600–4805.
4. Uniform Health Care Decisions Act, Prefatory Note (1993).
5. Uniform Health Care Decisions Act, Section 1(5) (1993).
6. Uniform Health Care Decisions Act, Section 1(6) (1993).
7. Uniform Health Care Decisions Act, Section 1(7) (1993).
8. Uniform Health Care Decisions Act, Section 1(8) (1993).
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21. 42 USCA §§1395cc(f)(1), 1396a(a), 1396a(w)(2).
22. 42 USCA §§1395cc(f)(10)(a)(i), 1396a(w)(1)(A).
23. 42 USCA §§1395cc(f)(2)(A)–(E), 42 USCA 1396a(w)(2)(A)–(E).