A Florida medical power of attorney form is a document that lets you assign a surrogate — also called an agent — to make medical decisions for you if you become unable to communicate. Your healthcare surrogate is responsible for ensuring you receive proper medical care according to your wishes.
Laws
- Statute: Chapter 765 (Health Care Advance Directives).
- Signing Requirements: Two (2) witnesses (§ 765.202).
- Your healthcare surrogate can’t serve as a witness.
- Only one of your witnesses can be your spouse or a blood relative.
- Revocation: It is effective indefinitely — until you revoke it. You can change or revoke your medical power of attorney at any time while you retain your decision-making capacity. If your spouse serves as your health care surrogate, divorcing automatically revokes their powers (§ 765.104).
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