Beverly Enterprises-Florida v. Agency for Health Care Administration

Beverly Enterprises, which owns and operates the Emerald Oaks Care Center in Sarasota, Florida, appeals a final order of the Agency for Health Care Administration which gives the Emerald Oaks Care Center a conditional licensure rating. Because competent, substantial evidence supports the findings in the order on appeal, we affirm.

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) conducted an inspection of the Emerald Oaks nursing home, owned and operated by Beverly Enterprises. This Sarasota facility was inspected, without notice, on February 29, 1996, whereupon the records of several randomly…