DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, APPELLANT,
v.
JOSEPH OVADIA, M.D., APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1997-12-15
No. 97-1603
BARFIELD, C.J., and DAVIS and BENTON, JJ., concur.
702 So. 2d 301 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1997) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The order of the Division of Administrative Hearings awarding attorney fees and costs under section 57.111, Florida Statutes, to a medical doctor after the disciplinary action against him was dismissed is REVERSED. The evidence which the hearing officer acknowledged was before the probable cause panel constituted substantial justification for institution of the disciplinary action.

BARFIELD, C.J., and DAVIS and BENTON, JJ., concur.


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