SPUZA v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

No. 2D02-19.

838 So.2d 676 (2003)

Michael SPUZA, M.D., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH and Board of Medicine, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon M. Pellett of Barr, Murman, Tonelli, Slother & Sleet, Tampa, for Appellant.

Pamela H. Page, Senior Attorney, Department of Health, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The Department of Health revoked Dr. Michael Spuza's license to practice medicine after an informal proceeding. See § 120.57(2), Fla. Stat. (2001). Spuza contends the Department should have given him a formal hearing. We agree and reverse for further proceedings.

Before this administrative license revocation proceeding began, Spuza was arrested on federal charges of receiving kickbacks in exchange for Medicare referrals and for...

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