# Fla. Stat. § 765.110: 765.110 Health care facilities and providers; discipline

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.110

## Section

- **Citation:** Fla. Stat. § 765.110
- **Heading:** 765.110 Health care facilities and providers; discipline
- **Jurisdiction:** Florida
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Florida Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 765 / Part I / Section 765.110

## Text

(1) A health care facility, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 101-508, ss. 4206 and 4751, shall provide to each patient written information concerning the individual’s rights concerning advance directives and the health care facility’s policies respecting the implementation of such rights, and shall document in the patient’s medical records whether or not the individual has executed an advance directive.

(2) A health care provider or health care facility may not require a patient to execute an advance directive or to execute a new advance directive using the facility’s or provider’s forms. The patient’s advance directives shall travel with the patient as part of the patient’s medical record.

(3) A health care provider or health care facility shall be subject to professional discipline and revocation of license or certification, and a fine of not more than $1,000 per incident, or both, if the health care provider or health care facility, as a condition of treatment or admission, requires an individual to execute or waive an advance directive.

(4) The Department of Health, in consultation with the Department of Elderly Affairs, for health care providers; the Agency for Health Care Administration for hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, home health agencies, and health maintenance organizations; and the Department of Children and Families for facilities subject to part I of chapter 394 shall adopt rules to implement this section.

History: s. 2, ch. 92-199; s. 6, ch. 94-183; s. 243, ch. 94-218; s. 48, ch. 96-169; s. 284, ch. 99-8; s. 21, ch. 99-331; s. 293, ch. 2014-19; s. 29, ch. 2019-11.

## Nearby sections

- [Fla. Stat. § 765.101 765.101 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.101.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.102 765.102 Legislative findings and intent.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.102.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.103 765.103 Existing advance directives.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.103.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.104 765.104 Amendment or revocation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.104.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.105 765.105 Review of surrogate or proxy’s decision.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.105.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.106 765.106 Preservation of existing rights.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.106.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.107 765.107 Construction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.107.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.108 765.108 Effect with respect to insurance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.108.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.109 765.109 Immunity from liability; weight of proof; presumption.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.109.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.110 765.110 Health care facilities and providers; discipline.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.110.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.112 765.112 Recognition of advance directive executed in another state.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.112.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.113 765.113 Restrictions on providing consent.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.113.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.1103 765.1103 Pain management and palliative care.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.1103.md)
- [Fla. Stat. § 765.1105 765.1105 Transfer of a patient.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_FL_TXLIV_C765_PI_S765.1105.md)

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