FLORIDA HOSP. WATERMAN, INC. v. BUSTER

No. 5D05-2195.

932 So.2d 344 (2006)

FLORIDA HOSPITAL WATERMAN, INC., etc., Petitioner, v. Teresa M. BUSTER, as personal representative of the Estate of Larry Buster, Deceased, et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mason H. Grower, III, Jack E. Holt and Ramon Vazquez of Grower, Ketcham, Rutherford, Bronson, Eide & Telan, P.A., Orlando, for Petitioner.

Christopher V. Carlyle, Shannon McLin Carlyle and Gilbert S. Goshorn, Jr., of counsel, of The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, The Villages, for Respondent Teresa M. Buster.

Stephen H. Grimes and Jerome W. Hoffman of Holland & Knight LLP, Tallahassee, Amicus Curiae for Florida Hospital Association, Inc.

Philip M. Burlington of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach and Lincoln J. Connolly of Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso & Spier, P.A., Miami, Amicus Curiae for Floridians for Patient Protection, Inc.


SAWAYA, J.

Of the several constitutional amendments approved by the voters in 2004,1 we are called upon to consider the provisions of article X, section 25 of the Florida Constitution, commonly known as Amendment 7 or the "Patients' Right To Know Amendment." Amendment 7 provides, in pertinent part, that "patients have a right to have access to any records made or received in the course of business by a health care facility or provider...

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