Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Latest Update: Mar. 29, 1977
THIS CAUSE came on to be heard upon the filing of a petition by the Florida Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologists, Inc. ("Petitioner" hereafter). The Petitioner was originally challenging the validity of certain proposed rules of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services ("Respondent" hereafter) respecting the regulation of medical laboratories. The proposed rules have now been codified as a part of Chapter 10D-41, Florida Administrative Code. APPEARANCES For Petitioner: James R. Lavigne, Winter Park, Florida Florida Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologists, Inc. For Respondent: Barbara Dell McPherson, Jacksonville Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. For Intervenor: John Michael Huey, Tallahassee, Florida Florida Society of Pathologists. Julie Pogue, St. Petersburg, Florida Unity Council for Medical Technology in Florida. The petition was originally filed in the form of telegrams from the Petitioner and several other individuals and groups directed to the Director of the Division of Administrative Hearings. The telegrams did not remotely comport with the requirements of the Model Rules of Procedure respecting the content of petitions for formal proceedings. Rule 28-5.15, Florida Administrative Code.Challenged rules upheld as reasonable and valid implementation of statute governing nuclear medicine laboratories.
