Wynter v. Department of Health

Full title: HYACINTH D. WYNTER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Mar 12, 1999

727 So. 2d 1123 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 98-2290

Opinion filed March 12, 1999.

Administrative Appeal from the Department of Health.

Michael D. Jones of Leffler Associates, P.A., Winter Springs, for Appellant.

Sonia Nieves Burton, Orlando, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Gentele v. Department of Professional Regulation, 513 So.2d 672 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987) (holding "[a] proceeding is `substantially justified' if it had a reasonable basis in law and fact at the time it was initiated by the agency.")

DAUKSCH, SHARP, W., and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.