A.D'A. v. DHRS

No. 91-1631.

596 So.2d 1192 (1992)

A.D'A., M.D., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Watson Lambert, Tallahassee, and Woodburn S. Wesley, Jr., of Cotton, Wesley, Poche & Gates, Shalimar, for appellant.

W. Douglas White, Asst. Dist. Legal Counsel, Pensacola, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Finding no reversible error, we affirm the final order of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. In affirming, we specifically hold that a physician at a nursing home is a caregiver as defined under section 415.102(4), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1986). We further hold that the standard for neglect under section 415.102(12), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1986), as applied to a physician is the failure to provide medical services that a reasonably...

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