Section 4734 - Declining to comply for reasons of conscience(a) A health care provider may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision for reasons of conscience.(b) A health care institution may decline to comply with an individual health care instruction or health care decision if the instruction or decision is contrary to a policy of the institution that is expressly based on reasons of conscience and if the policy was timely communicated to the patient or to a person then authorized to make health care decisions for the patient.EFFECTIVE 7/1/2000. Added10/10/1999 (Bill Number: AB 891) (Chapter 658).