STATE OF FLORIDA

DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

AMITA A. PATIL, )

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Petitioner, )

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vs. ) CASE NO. 79-161

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND )

REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, )

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Respondent. )

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RECOMMENDED ORDER

Pursuant to notice an administrative hearing was held before Delphene C. Strickland, assigned Hearing Officer of the Division of Administrative Hearings, on March 3, 1979, in Room 1062, 401 NW 2nd Avenue in Miami, Florida.

APPEARANCES

For Petitioner: Amita A. Patil, pro se

4371 Southwest 137th Court Miami, Florida 33175

For Respondent: Leonard Helfand, Esquire

Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services

Ruth Rhodes Building, Room 1040

401 Northwest 2nd Avenue Miami, Florida 33128

ISSUE

Whether a license as a technologist should be granted the Petitioner.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. The Petitioner, Amita A. Patil, an applicant for licensure as a technologist in the State of Florida, sought an administrative hearing prior to this hearing, which was held on October 26, 1977. The Recommended Order from this prior hearing was entered February 7, 1978, and the Final Order of the agency was entered April 25, 1978. These Orders are attached hereto and made a part hereof. Thereafter, a request was made for a second or further hearing, which was granted by the Respondent, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.

   
   

2. Petitioner submitted as her "Exhibit 1" a letter from Florida International University dated December 18, 1978, which notified Petitioner that she had been provisionally admitted to the School of Technology at Florida International University. This was the only new evidence submitted by the Petitioner pertinent to her application for licensure, and the provisional

   admission to the School of Technology at Florida International University has no bearing on her qualifications for licensure as a medical technologist.

   
   

   CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

   
   

3. The Division of Administrative Hearings has jurisdiction of this cause pursuant to Section 120.57, Florida Statutes.

   
   

4. The Conclusions of Law in the previous Recommended Order dated February 7, 1978, in the Division's Case No. 77-1648 are adopted as the Conclusions of Law in this case.

RECOMMENDATION

Based upon the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, the Hearing Officer recommends that the Respondent Department deny the application of Petitioner Patil for licensure as a medical technologist.

DONE and ORDERED this 22nd day of June, 1979, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.

DELPHENE C. STRICKLAND

Hearing Officer

Division of Administrative Hearings Room 101, Collins Building Tallahassee, Florida 32301

(904) 488-9675

COPIES FURNISHED:

Leonard Helfand, Esquire Department of HRS

Room 1040, Ruth Rhodes Building

401 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, Florida 33128

Amita A. Patil

4371 SW 137th Court Miami, Florida 33175

Docket for Case No: 79-000161

Orders for Case No: 79-000161