Boca Raton Artificial Kidney Center, Inc. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

This appeal challenges a final order of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) granting appellee, West Boca Raton Artificial Kidney Center, a Certificate of Need (CON) for the operation of a free standing hemodialysis facility. Due to the enactment of section 381.-706(l)(c) Fla.Stat. (1987), which became effective October 1,1987, a CON is no longer required for the operation of an artificial kidney center. Therefore, we dismiss this appeal as moot.

Appellant objects to dismissal, arguing that this court should now decide what is a purely academic question because, if the…