AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, APPELLANT,
v.
BOARD OF CLINICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL, LUISA MALGERSTORFE, APPELLEES

Fla. 1st DCA | 1996-05-02
No. 95-2036
ALLEN and DAVIS, JJ., concur.
673 So. 2d 531 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1996)

AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.


Holding

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) lacks statutory authority to appeal the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel's licensing decision, and is ordered to issue the license.


Facts & Procedural History

AHCA appealed a Board decision granting a license to Luisa Malgerstorfe. Appellees moved to dismiss the appeal for lack of standing. Malgerstorfe also…

The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.


Opinion of the Court
BARFIELD, Judge.

BARFIELD, Judge.

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) appeals a final order of the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel (Board) granting the petition of Luisa Mal-gerstorfe for a clinical laboratory supervisor license. Appellees both filed motions to dismiss the appeal, asserting that AHCA does not have standing to appeal the Board’s licensing decision. Malgerstorfe also filed a petition for writ of mandamus to require AHCA to issue her a clinical laboratory supervisor license. In an order dated August 28, 1995, this Court denied the motions to dismiss and the petition for writ of mandamus. Upon further consideration, we sua sponte withdraw that order and grant the motions to dismiss and the petition for writ of mandamus.

Contrary to AHCA’s arguments, we find no statutory authority for its appeal of the Board’s final licensing order. While section 455.225(7), when taken out of context, appears to support AHCA’s opinion, a reading of the relevant parts of chapter 455 in pari materia indicates that this subsection per tains only to final orders arising out of disciplinary proceedings.

The appeal is hereby DISMISSED. The Agency for Health Care Administration is ORDERED to issue Luisa Malgerstorfe a clinical laboratory supervisor license.

ALLEN and DAVIS, JJ., concur.


Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus

Full citator, related cases, and AI research tools

Open in FLexlaw