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Florida Statute 765.309 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 765.309 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 765.309 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
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.

Cases Citing F.S. 765.309

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·Krischer v. McIver, 697 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 1997).

Cited 14 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1997 WL 414567

...committing suicide. Section 782.08, Florida Statutes (1995), which was first enacted in 1868, provides in pertinent part that "every person deliberately assisting another in the commission of self murder shall be guilty of manslaughter." See also §§ 765.309, 458.326(4), Fla....
...Hall requests, since both involve the "active" administration of a drug with intent to produce a more rapid death. As Florida's own living will statute indicates, physicians are not authorized "to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying." § 765.309(1), Fla....
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