STATE v. PHYSICAL THERAPY REHAB. CENTER

Nos. 94-2352, 95-892.

665 So.2d 1127 (1996)

STATE, Governor Lawton Chiles, et al., Appellants, v. PHYSICAL THERAPY REHABILITATION CENTER OF CORAL SPRINGS, INC., a Florida Corporation, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Stephanie A. Daniel, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

Jack Shreve, Public Counsel and Stephen M. Presnell, Associate Public Counsel, Tallahassee, for Citizen Intervenors.

Bruce Culpepper and Barbara D. Auger of Pennington & Haben, P.A., Tallahassee, for Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Center of Coral Springs, Inc., et al.

Mark Herron, Martha J. Edenfield and Patricia Levy Ritsch of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Tallahassee, for Radiation Therapy Associates, P.A., et al.

Mark Herron and H. Lee Moffitt of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Tallahassee, for St. Joseph's Diagnostic Center, Ltd., et al.

Cari Roth and John W. Forehand of Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., Tallahassee, for Therapy Specialists of North Florida, Inc.

Barry Richard and Dennis Richard of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, Tallahassee, for Meditek Winterpark, Inc., et al.

Paul Watson Lambert, Tallahassee, for Alina De La Paz, et al.

Thomas F. Panza and Jennifer Kujawa Graner of Panza, Maurer, Maynard & Neel, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Healthsouth Entities.

John H. Pelzer of Ruden, Barnett, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Dr. Kagan, M.D., et al.

Michael P. Donaldson of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tallahassee, for Magnetic Imaging Center of Manatee.

Christopher L. Nuland, Jacksonville, for Florida Medical Association.

John G. Van Laningham of Steel, Hector & Davis, West Palm Beach, for Prime Diagnostic Corporation of Florida, et al.

Jeffrey J. Kallan and Thomas Smith, St. Petersburg, for Clearwater Community Imaging Services, Ltd., et al.

Margaret B. Gellatly of Korn, Zehmer & Gellatly, P.A., Jacksonville, for Indian River MRI Joint Venture.

Michael Manthei of Broad & Cassell, Tallahassee, for U.S.A. Diagnostics, Inc., et al.

Bruce W. Barnes of Johnson, Blakely, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, P.A., Tampa, for Magnetic Imaging Diagnostic Center, Ltd.

Christine R. Milton and R. Eric Bilik of Mahoney, Adams & Criser, P.A., Jacksonville, for Clearwater Clinical Laboratory, Inc., et al.

Edmund T. Baxa, Jr. of Foley & Lardner, Orlando, for Derrick & Associates Pathology, P.A.

Michael J. Glazer and R. Stan Peeler, Tallahassee, for Delray Medical Laboratory, Inc., et al.

Daniel N. Burton and Donald A. Mihokovich of Foley & Lardner, Tampa, for Radiology Associates of Tampa, P.A.


DAVIS, Judge.

The State of Florida appeals a final summary judgment holding section 16, Chapter 92-178, Laws of Florida, unconstitutional as applied to all providers of health care services except radiation therapy. The lower court held that the title to chapter 92-178 was unconstitutionally defective for failure to provide adequate notice and for being affirmatively misleading as to the fee cap imposed by section 16 of the act on providers of designated health services...

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