Diagnostic Services of South Florida v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

In these two consolidated appeals, the Miami-Dade County Court has certified questions of great public importance. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.160. We conclude that Diagnostic Services of South Florida (“Diagnostic”) was not a “clinic” under section 456.0375, Florida Statutes (2001), and was not required to register under that statute.

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Diagnostic is a company which owns portable diagnostic testing equipment. At the request of a health care provider, Diagnostic takes its equipment to the health care provider’s office to perform diagnostic tests on the patient. Examples of such tests are comparative…