Legal Opinion
Psychiatric Hospitals of Florida, Inc. v. State, Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 16, 1986No. BH-189Published
1Opinion of the Court
NIMMONS, Judge.
Psychiatric Hospitals of Florida, Inc., d/b/a Horizon Hospital (“Horizon”) operates a psychiatric hospital with two hundred beds. It challenges the validity of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services’ (“HRS”) inventory of specialty beds. We affirm.
In 1983, the legislature, pursuant to Chapter 83-244, Section 4, Laws of Florida, amended Section 395.003(4), Florida Statutes, as follows, the emphasized language representing the language added by the amendment.
The department shall issue a license which specifies the number of hospital beds on the face of the license.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Amos v. Dept. of Health and Rehab. ServicesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- North Miami Gen. Hosp., Inc. v. Office of Community Medical FacilitiesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
- Morton F. Plant Hosp. Ass'n, Inc. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
- Public Bank of St. Cloud v. State Department of Banking & FinanceDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977