Florida Hospital v. State Agency for Health Care Administration

Appellant, Florida Hospital, appeals a final order of appellee, the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which approved a recommended order from the Division of Administrative Hearings finding that appellant violated sections 395.002(15) and 395.0197(6), Florida Statutes (1997), by failing to report a hy-poxic event that caused brain damage to a patient as a Code 15 occurrence. Appellant raises three arguments on appeal. We affirm the first issue without further discussion. In its second argument, appellant contends that AHCA’s construction and interpretation of the term “brain…