STATE OF FLORIDA AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION ar ms w-8 A NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA HOSPICE, INC., Petitioner, DOAH CASE NO. 04-3857CON AHCA NO. 2004009316 Vv. STATE OF FLORIDA, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION; BAYCARE HOME CARE, INC.; HOSPICE OF THE PALM COAST, INC.; and LIFE CARE HOSPICE, INC., Respondent, / FINAL ORDER THIS CAUSE concems a Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing that the Petitioner filed on October 1, 2004. On October 26, 2004, the Petition was forwarded to the Division of Administrative Hearings by the Agency and assigned to an Administrative Law Judge. On May 12, 2005, the Petitioner filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal dismissing its Petition. On May 13, 2005, the Administrative Law Judge assigned to the case issued an Order Closing File based on the Petitioner’s Notice of Voluntary Dismissal. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT: The Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing is dismissed and this case is now closed. DONE and ORDERED this TYaay of Mary , 2005, in Tallahassee, ALAN lan. ecretary AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION Florida. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW A PARTY WHO IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS FINAL ORDER IS ENTITLED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW, WHICH SHALL BE INSTITUTED BY FILING THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE AGENCY CLERK OF AHCA, AND A COPY ALONG WITH THE FILING FEE PRESCRIBED BY LAW WITH THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IN THE APPELLATE DISTRICT WHERE THE AGENCY MAINTAINS ITS HEADQUARTERS OR WHERE A PARTY RESIDES. REVIEW PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA APPELLATE RULES. THE NOTICE OF APPEAL MUST BE FILED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE RENDITION OF THE ORDER TO BE REVIEWED. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1 HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final Order has been furnished by U.S. or interoffice mail to the persons named below on this aa day of ES, 2005. a> PG a ae RICHARD J. SHOOP, Agency Clefk Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, MS 3 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 (850) 922-5873 a COPIES FURNISHED TO: David M. Maloney Administrative Law Judge Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060 Kenneth W. Gieseking, Esquire Assistant General Counsel Agency for Health Care Administration 2727 Mahan Drive, MS#3 Tallahassee, Florida 32308 Alfred W. Clark, Esquire 117 South Gadsden Street, Suite 201 Post Office Box 623 Tallahassee, Florida 32302-0623 R. Terry Rigsby, Esquire Carlton Fields, P.A. Post Office Drawer 190 Tallahassee, Florida 32302 Geoffrey D. Smith, Esquire Blank, Meenan & Smith, P.A. Post Office Box 11068 Tallahassee, Florida 32302-3068 Robert D. Newell, Jr., Esquire Newell & Terry, P.A. 817 North Gadsden Street Tallahassee, Florida 32303-6313 Wendy Adams Facilities Intake Elizabeth Dudek Managed Care & Health Quality

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