Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Sep. 12, 2019
The issue is whether Respondent, Department of Health, Board of Medicine (“Department”), was “substantially justified” under section 57.111(3)(e), Florida Statutes, in initiating the underlying action against the electrolysis license of Petitioner, Claudia Patricia Orozco-Fandino, E.O. (“Petitioner” or “Ms. Orozco”).Petitioner was a prevailing small business party, but Respondent established that the disciplinary proceeding was substantially justified at the time it was initiated.
