Aleong v. State, Department of Business & Professional Regulation

Appellant, Philip Jerome Aleong, D.V.M., appeals the State of Florida Board of Veterinary Medicine’s amended final order imposing heightened sanctions. This court has jurisdiction. Fla. R.App. P. 9.030(b)(l)(C)(2008); § 120.68, Fla. Stat. (2003).

On November 1, 2005, Appellee, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), filed an administrative complaint against equine veterinarian Dr. Philip Jerome Aleong. The complaint alleged that Aleong treated the horse “Slice and Dice” for a leg abscess on August 28, 29, 30, and 31, 2003, and that the medical records concerning such…