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Florida Statutes § 766.103
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Current as of June 2015
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“Florida Medical Consent Law under the torts law”
A health care provider may not be sued for treating, examining, or operating on a patient without the patient’s informed consent when:
- The health care provider obtained the patient’s consent in accordance with an accepted standard of medical practice;
- A reasonable individual would have a general understanding of the procedure, the medically acceptable alternative procedures, and the risks inherent to the proposed treatment from the information provided by the health care provider; and
- The patient signed a consent form.
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Current as of June 2015
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