SPIRO v. HIGHLANDS GENERAL HOSP.

Nos. 85-287, 85-880.

489 So.2d 802 (1986)

Victor E. SPIRO, D.D.S., Appellant, v. HIGHLANDS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Asti of Lau, Lane, Pieper & Asti, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

Sylvia H. Walbolt, Barbara R. Pankau and R. Andrew Rock of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa, for appellee.


RYDER, Chief Judge.

Victor E. Spiro, D.D.S., appellant, is a dentist licensed to practice in Florida. The appellant has special training in the field of general, nondental anesthesia but is not licensed for medical practice.

In April 1983, the dentist applied for staff privileges as a general anesthesiologist with appellee Highlands General Hospital. The Hospital questioned whether a dentist with an educational background in anesthesiology is qualified to...

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