Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Apr. 20, 2021
The issue is whether Respondent, Department of Health, Board of Nursing Home Administrators (the “Department”), was “substantially justified” under section 57.111(3)(e), Florida Statutes,1 in initiating the underlying action against the nursing home administrator license of Petitioner, Sebrina Cameron, N.H.A. (“Petitioner” or “Ms. Cameron”).Petitioner was a prevailing small business party under section 57.111 but Respondent proved that its actions in finding probable cause and issuing the Administrative Complaint were substantially justified.