District Court of Appeal of Florida
Doe v. Dep't of Health, 2D06-1273
In the context of a disciplinary investigation by the Department of Health, petition for review of the denial of a doctor's motion to quash a subpoena seeking certain limited peer review records regarding the doctor from a hospital where he had staff privileges is denied as Florida Statutes sections 458.331(9) and 458.337(3) permit the Department to subpoena this information for the purposes of its investigation, and the provisions of sections 395.0193(8) and 766.101(5) do not prohibit the release of the information to the Department.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/27/2006
- Published 12/27/2006
Judges
- ALTENBERND, Judge.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jon M. Pellett of Barr, Murman, Tonelli, Slother & Sleet, Tampa, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Wings S. Benton, Appellate Section Head, Prosecution Services Unit, and M. Rony Francois, M.D., M.S.P.H., Ph.D., Secretary, Department of Health, Tallahassee, for Respondent.