CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 531
Consent on Behalf of Another
In this case [name of patient] could not consent to the [insert medical
procedure] because [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] was [insert reason—e.g., a
minor/incompetent/unconscious]. In this situation, the law allows [name of
authorized person] to give consent on behalf of [name of patient].
Y ou must decide whether [name of authorized person] consented to the
[insert medical procedure] performed on [name of patient].
New September 2003
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
dfc2e49a350d55e8ba68e6f012cd80e39b9753f796c55aa02a8695a5f29d9ce0
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