M.O. McC. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

The appellant, M.O. McC., is the stepmother of the child, P. McC., whom she is alleged to have abused by excessive corporal punishment. She seeks review of an order entered by the appellee, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, which denied her request to expunge her name from the child abuse registry. We reverse because we find there was not competent, substantial evidence to support the hearing officer’s conclusion that there was excessive corporal punishment. Corporal punishment must be excessive and produce injury to be considered child abuse under section 415.503, Florida…