. 10 G63 ENA 3 av iS STATE OF FLORIDA 0 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OV si. MARY S. ALEXANDER, Ar Adiga Sih Petitioner, CASE NO. 03-1716 Rendition No. DCF-0#_@/ - FO DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN _. EDD-Cus AND FAMILY SERVICES, r ws Respondent., JAN 15 2004 DCF Deparinaent Cierk FINAL ORDER THIS CAUSE is before me upon the attached Recommended Order (RO) that was issued by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) assigned to hear the case by the Division of Administrative Hearings. A Transcript of the hearing was not filed with the Agency Clerk. No exceptions to the Recommended Order were filed. The Recommended Order recommends that the department enter a Final Order denying the petitioner's application for a license to operate a group home for disabled adults. FINDINGS OF FACT 1. All findings of fact in the ALJ’s RO are adopted and incorporated herein by reference. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 2. All conclusions of law contained in the ALJ’s RO are accepted, adopted and incorporated herein by reference. And the undersigned being fully advised, it is therefore ORDERED that petitioner's licensure as a group home for disabled adults is hereby DENIED. DONE and ORDERED this (say of faruacy 2004, in Deputy Secretary for Community Based Care and Family Self-Sufficiency, Department of Children and Family Services Copies of this Final Order are being furnished to: Administrative Law Judge Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway 32399-3060 Mary S. Alexander, pro se Post Office Box 4716 Ocala, Florida 34478 Ralph J. McMurphy, Esquire Department of Children and Family Services 1601 West Gulf Atlantic Highway Wildwood, Florida 34785 NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL A party who is adversely affected by this final order is entitled to judicial review. To initiate judicial review, the party seeking it must file one copy of a “Notice of Appeal” with the Agency Clerk. The party seeking judicial review must also file another copy of the “Notice of Appeal,” accompanied by the filing fee required by law, with the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee, Florida, or with the District Court of Appeal in the district where the party resides. The Notices must be filed within thirty (30) days of the rendition of this final order.’ The date of the “rendition” of this Final Order is the date that is stamped on its first page. The Notices of Appeal must be received on or before the thirtieth day after that date. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE | HEREBY CERTIFY that a true copy of the foregoing FINAL ORDER has been sent by U.S. Mail or hand delivery to each of the persons named above on this 77% day of , 2004. al PAUL FLOUNLACKER, Agency Clerk Department of Children and Family Services 1317 Winewood Blvd. Bldg. 2 Room 204 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700

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