Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jun. 15, 2016
Whether the application filed on April 1, 2016, by Orange Park Medical Center, Inc., d/b/a Orange Park Medical Center (Orange Park), to operate as a Level II trauma center met the applicable statutory and rule criteria to receive provisional approval? Whether the Department of Health’s (Department) approval of the application was based upon an unadopted rule?There is no available "slot" for a new trauma center in TSA 5, and, therefore, Orange Park's application for provisional approval must be denied. The Department improperly relied upon an unadopted rule in accepting Orange Park's application.