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SHANDS MED. CTR., INC. v. STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH

Nos. 1D12-2998, 1D12-3451, 1D12-3453.

123 So.3d 86 (2013)

SHANDS JACKSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER, INC., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, and Orange Park Medical Center, Inc., Appellees. Florida Health Sciences Center, Inc., d/b/a Tampa General Hospital, and Bayfront Medical Center, Inc., Appellant, v. State of Florida, Department of Health and HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc., d/b/a Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point and HCA Health Services Of Florida, Inc., d/b/a Blake Medical Center, Appellees. St. Joseph's Hospital, Inc., d/b/a St. Joseph's Hospital, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Department of Health, et al, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seann M. Frazier of Parker Hudson Ranier Dobbs, LLP, Tallahassee, for Appellant Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.; Jeffrey A. Frehn and Angela Miles of Rady Thomas Yon & Clark, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant Florida Health Sciences Center, Inc., d/b/a Tampa General Hospital, and Bayfront Medical Center, Inc.; and Karen A. Putnal and Robert A. Weiss of Moyle Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant St. Joseph's Hospital, Inc. d/b/a St. Joseph's Hospital.

Jennifer A. Tschetter , General Counsel, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, for Appellee, Department of Health; Stephen A. Ecenia , R. David Prescott , and Richard M. Ellis of Rutledge Ecenia, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellees Orange Park Medical Center, Inc., HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc. d/b/a Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point and Blake Medical Center.

WOLF, J.

The above-styled cases are consolidated for purposes of this opinion. Appellants are all hospitals with existing trauma centers that petitioned for formal administrative hearings to contest the Department of Health's (DOH) granting of provisional licenses to nearby hospitals, appellees, to operate new trauma centers. In case 1D12-2998, Shands Jacksonville Medical v. Orange Park Medical Center and State of Florida, Department of Health, appellant Shands...

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