Chapter 765 — Advance Directives & Anatomical Gifts

Florida Statute 765.510

“Legislative declaration”

What it means

This section states the Legislature's purpose for this part of chapter 765. It notes the rapid medical progress in tissue and organ preservation, transplantation of tissue, and tissue culture, and that aiding those developments is in the public interest.

For those reasons the Legislature intends to encourage and aid the development of reconstructive medicine and surgery and of medical research by facilitating premortem and postmortem authorizations for donations of tissue and organs. The part's stated purpose is to regulate the gift of a body or parts of a body, with the gift to be made after the donor's death.

— What it says

The Legislature's intent is to encourage and aid reconstructive medicine and surgery and medical research (§ 765.510).
It does so by facilitating premortem and postmortem authorizations for donations of tissue and organs (§ 765.510).
The part's purpose is to regulate the gift of a body or parts of a body, the gift to be made after the donor's death (§ 765.510).

Text of the statute (2026)

§ 765.510

Because of the rapid medical progress in the fields of tissue and organ preservation, transplantation of tissue, and tissue culture, and because it is in the public interest to aid the medical developments in these fields, the Legislature in enacting this part intends to encourage and aid the development of reconstructive medicine and surgery and the development of medical research by facilitating premortem and postmortem authorizations for donations of tissue and organs. It is the purpose of this part to regulate the gift of a body or parts of a body, the gift to be made after the death of a donor.

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History. s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 113, ch. 75-220; s. 3, ch. 84-264; s. 60, ch. 2001-226.

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How it applies

This section is a statement of legislative purpose. It sets no deadline and imposes no duty on a person.

The operative rules for the part appear in later sections: who may make a gift in s. 765.512, who may receive one in s. 765.513, how a gift is made in s. 765.514, and how a donor amends or revokes it in s. 765.516.

Where this shows up

Pages on this site where § 765.510 does real work:

The Anatomical Gift Act

Related sections

§ 765.512Persons who may make an anatomical gift § 765.513Donees; purposes for which anatomical gifts may be made § 765.514Manner of making anatomical gifts § 765.516Donor amendment or revocation of anatomical gift § 765.521Donations as part of driver license or identification card process

Questions people ask

What is the purpose of Florida's anatomical gift law?

Section 765.510 states that the Legislature intends to encourage and aid reconstructive medicine, surgery, and medical research by facilitating premortem and postmortem authorizations for donations of tissue and organs, and to regulate gifts of a body or parts of a body made to take effect after death.

Sources

Florida Statutes (2026), s. 765.510, Florida Senate (Supports the whole entry: the section is a single paragraph stating legislative intent and purpose.)
Online Sunshine, Florida Statutes (2026), s. 765.510 (Text, catchline, and History line checked against this page on 2026-10-17: the Legislature in enacting this part intends to encourage and aid the development of reconstructive medicine and surgery and the development of medical research by facilitating premortem and postmortem authorizations for donations of tissue and organs.)

Last checked: October 17, 2026

The official text

This page is a plain-English summary, verified against the 2026 Florida Statutes — it is not the statute, and it isn't legal advice for your situation.

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