Department of Professional Regulation v. Spiva

WIGGINTON, Judge.

By petition for writ of certiorari, the Department of Professional Regulation (Department) seeks review of a hearing officer’s order directing the Department to produce, for respondent Spiva’s inspection and copying, certain grade reports of three individuals who were appointed and licensed by the Board of Pilot Commissioners as state pilots for the port of Miami. The issue before us is whether the exemption of documents from disclosure pursuant to the Public Records Act, chapter 119, Florida Statutes, renders the documents privileged and consequently excluded from discovery…