{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-765.113","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 765.113","heading":"Restrictions on providing consent.","body":"Unless the principal expressly delegates such authority to the surrogate in writing, or a surrogate or proxy has sought and received court approval pursuant to rule 5.900 of the Florida Probate Rules, a surrogate or proxy may not provide consent for:\n(1) Abortion, sterilization, electroshock therapy, psychosurgery, experimental treatments that have not been approved by a federally approved institutional review board in accordance with 45 C.F.R. part 46 or 21 C.F.R. part 56, or voluntary admission to a mental health facility.\n(2) Withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging procedures from a pregnant patient prior to viability as defined in s. 390.0111(4).\nHistory.—s. 2, ch. 92-199; s. 7, ch. 94-183; s. 87, ch. 99-3.","path":["CHAPTER 765 HEALTH CARE ADVANCE DIRECTIVES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0700-0799/0765/0765.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:13:57Z","sha256":"0559e3cf79be0ba3fae22cfcf3d0d289ef6097c7e683bfae7bf7141a1ef9c737","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-765.112","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-765.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}