CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 534
Informed Refusal—Definition
[A/An] [insert type of medical practitioner] must explain the risks of
refusing a procedure in language that the patient can understand and
give the patient as much information as [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] needs
to make an informed decision, including any risk that a reasonable
person would consider important in deciding not to have [a/an] [insert
medical procedure]. The patient must be told about any risk of death or
serious injury or significant potential complications that may occur if the
procedure is refused. [A/An] [insert type of medical practitioner] is not
required to explain minor risks that are not likely to occur.
New September 2003
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
84228deb3900c1b6800597d63f854349e319f9ab432b63b3194c8286f259f4b0
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