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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XLIV
CIVIL RIGHTS
Chapter 765
Health Care Advance Directives
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PART III

LIFE-PROLONGING PROCEDURES

765.301  Short title.

765.302  Procedure for making a living will; notice to physician.

765.303  Suggested form of a living will.

765.304  Procedure for living will.

765.305  Procedure in absence of a living will.

765.306  Determination of patient condition.

765.308  Transfer of a patient.

765.309  Mercy killing or euthanasia not authorized; suicide distinguished.

765.310  Falsification, forgery, or willful concealment, cancellation, or destruction of declaration or revocation; penalties.