{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-765.305","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 765.305","heading":"Procedure in absence of a living will.","body":"(1) In the absence of a living will, the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures from a patient may be made by a health care surrogate designated by the patient pursuant to part II unless the designation limits the surrogate’s authority to consent to the withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging procedures.\n(2) Before exercising the incompetent patient’s right to forego treatment, the surrogate must be satisfied that:\n(a) The patient does not have a reasonable medical probability of recovering capacity so that the right could be exercised by the patient.\n(b) The patient has an end-stage condition, the patient is in a persistent vegetative state, or the patient’s physical condition is terminal.\nHistory.—s. 4, ch. 92-199; s. 28, ch. 99-331; s. 13, ch. 2000-295.","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":"a6299e5e1c197856460a316b94291433282b5dc0bbaa0fb9e4f92e0d93982078","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-765.304","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-765.306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}