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Tell doctors what care you want and name someone to speak for you if you can't. Legally valid in Florida once signed under the Florida signing rules below. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
Florida healthcare directive requirements
How it works
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Answer a few questions
About your care preferences and who you want making decisions.
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Download your healthcare directive
A complete, personalized document, formatted for Florida.
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Sign and share
Sign in front of 2 adult witnesses. A notary is not required, but notarization is recommended. Not everyone can witness it, so read the witness statement on the document before you choose. Give a copy to your doctor and to any health care surrogate and alternate health care surrogate you named.
What governs a Florida directive
Florida's healthcare-directive statute is at Fla. Stat. ch. 765. The official form is the Designation of Health Care Surrogate. Your directive is valid the moment it's signed under your state's witness and notary rules above; it only takes effect if your physician determines you can't make or communicate decisions yourself.
Living will companion in Florida
The Florida Living Will records your wishes about life-prolonging procedures if you have a terminal condition, an end-stage condition, or are in a persistent vegetative state. The companion Designation of Health Care Surrogate appoints your agent. See Fla. Stat. §765.303.
Witness rules for your Florida directive
Fla. Stat. §765.202(1)-(2): the designation must be signed by the principal in the presence of two subscribing adult witnesses. The person designated as surrogate may not act as a witness to the execution of the document, and at least one witness must be neither the principal's spouse nor a blood relative.
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