Legal Opinion
Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc. v. Agency For Health Care Administration
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 29, 1996No. Nos. 95-2507, 95-2654PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAHN, Judge.
We have for review an award by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) of a Certificate of Need (CON) for an adult open heart surgery program in AHCA District 9 to appellee Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc. We reverse because AHCA improperly opened the record after the administrative hearing in this case, and because it reweighed factual matters reserved for the hearing officer under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.
District 9 is located generally along the southeast coast of Florida and includes from north to south, Indian River, Okeechobee, St. Lucie, Martin and Palm…
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