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Fla. Stat. § 768.0981

Limitation on actions against insurers, prepaid limited health service organizations, health maintenance organizations, or prepaid health clinics

Known as the Florida Wrongful Death Act

The act spans §§ 768.041 to 768.81 (79 sections).

History.--s. 64, ch. 2003-416.

An entity licensed or certified under chapter 624, chapter 636, or chapter 641 shall not be liable for the medical negligence of a health care provider with whom the licensed or certified entity has entered into a contract, other than an employee of such licensed or certified entity, unless the licensed or certified entity expressly directs or exercises actual control over the specific conduct that caused injury.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.