2002 Florida Code
TITLE XLIV CIVIL RIGHTS
Chapter 765 HEALTH CARE ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
PART III LIFE-PROLONGING PROCEDURES (ss. 765.301-765.309)
765.309 Mercy killing or euthanasia not authorized; suicide distinguished.
765.309 Mercy killing or euthanasia not authorized; suicide distinguished.--
(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or euthanasia, or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.
(2) The withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging procedures from a patient in accordance with any provision of this chapter does not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide.
History.--s. 4, ch. 92-199.
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