Kunen v. Department of Business & Professional Regulation

This matter questions the validity of proceedings and the penalties recommended by a hearing officer in a disciplinary proceeding brought against a medical doctor. Evidence of a criminal matter in another jurisdiction was erroneously admitted into evidence. First, it was not validly noticed pursuant to § 90.204, Fla.Stat. (1993). Second, even if validly noticed, it was not material. See and com/pare Maddox v. Department of Professional Regulation, 592 So.2d 717 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), rev. denied 601 So.2d 552 (Fla.1992); Holland v. Florida Real Estate Comm’n, 352 So.2d 914 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977).…