PROFFITT v. DEPT. OF PROFESSIONAL REG

Full title: JOSEPH R. PROFFITT, D.V.M., APPELLANT, v. DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 19, 1981

399 So. 2d 39 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 80-2152.

May 19, 1981.

Appeal from Department of Professional Regulation, Board of Veterinary Medicine.

Paul A. Lehrman, Richard B. Bush, Tallahassee, Roger McClelland, Key West, for appellant.

Boyd, Harris Smith, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and BARKDULL and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. We find the Board properly reviewed the entire record and accepted the hearing officer's findings of fact, adding as additional facts only those admitted to by appellant in the record. The Board acted within its discretion in determining the disciplinary penalty. § 120.57(1)(b)(9), Fla. Stat. (1979); § 120.68(10), Fla. Stat. (1979); § 474.214, Fla. Stat. (1979). Florida Real Estate Comm'n v. Webb, 367 So.2d 201 (Fla. 1978); McDonald v. Department of Banking and Finance, 346 So.2d 569 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977), cert. denied, 346 So.2d 1256 (Fla. 1977).