CONVALESCENT SERVICES OF WEST PALM BEACH, INC. v. DHRS

No. AL-338.

424 So.2d 104 (1982)

CONVALESCENT SERVICES OF WEST PALM BEACH, INC., d/b/a Lakeside Health Center, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Goldsmith of Dempsey & Slaughter, Orlando, for appellant.

Robert P. Daniti, Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee, for appellee.


JOANOS, Judge.

Appellant attacks the constitutionality of section 400.111(1), Florida Statutes (1980), which was the basis of a Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services final order imposing a late penalty of $6,499.00.

To be constitutionally permissible, a classification must apply uniformly to all persons within the class and bear a reasonable relationship to a legitimate state interest. Haber v. State, 396 So.2d 707

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