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WILLIAMS v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOY.

No. 1D01-1568.

813 So.2d 193 (2002)

Patricia WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY and Division of Risk Management, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 25, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Kole of Solomon, Proctor & Kole, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Mary E. Cruickshank and Christopher J. DuBois of DuBois & Cruickshank, Tallahassee, for Appellees.

BARFIELD, J.

AFFIRMED. The judge of compensation claims (JCC) correctly construed section 440.134(6)(c)9, Florida Statutes, which requires a managed care plan to include a process allowing an injured employee to obtain one second opinion in the same specialty, but does not afford the injured employee an automatic right to a second opinion evaluation. We find that competent substantial evidence supports the JCC's findings that the claimant failed to present any evidence...

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