Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1992

A. D'A. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

A. D'A. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided April 6, 1992 · Barfield, Shivers, Wigginton
596 So. 2d 1192; 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 3912; 1992 WL 67927 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

A. D'A. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Finding no reversible error, we affirm the final order of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. In affirming, we specifically hold that a physician at a nursing home is a caregiver as defined under section 415.102(4), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1986). We further hold that the standard for neglect under section 415.-102(12), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1986), as applied to a physician is the failure to provide medical services that a reasonably prudent similar health care provider would deem acceptable and appropriate.

SHIVERS, WIGGINTON and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.

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