American Healthcorp of Vero Beach, Inc. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

Supreme Court of Florida
American Healthcorp of Vero Beach, Inc. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, 488 So. 2d 824 (Fla. 1986)
11 Fla. L. Weekly 231; 1986 Fla. LEXIS 2130
Adkins, Barkett, Boyd, Ehrlich, McDonald, Overton, Shaw

American Healthcorp of Vero Beach, Inc. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We have for review Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services v. American Healthcorp, 471 So.2d 1312 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). In denying American Healthcorp’s motion for rehearing, the district court certified the following question:

Is the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, by reason of the language in section 381.494(8)(c), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1982), providing that if the department fails to take certain action within the time specified therein, that the applicant “may take appropriate legal action, including relief pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act,” exempted from the general language of section 120.60(2), Florida Statutes (1981), requiring issuance of a license if an *825agency fails to act within the time specified therein?

We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

We answer the certified question in the affirmative, and adopt the majority opinion of the First District Court of Appeal.

It is so ordered.

BOYD, C.J., and ADKINS, OVERTON, McDONALD, EHRLICH, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
AMERICAN HEALTHCORP OF VERO BEACH, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES
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Status
Published