10-2493 STEVEN L. KAPLAN, M.D., v. STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

State: Florida

Court: Florida First District Court

Docket No: 10-2493

Case Date: 07/23/2010

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA STEVEN L. KAPLAN, M.D., Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Repondent. _____________________________/ Opinion filed July 23, 2010. Petition for Review of an order of the Department of Health. Monica L. Rodriguez of Dresnick & Rodriguez, Miami, for Petitioner. Elizabeth Renee Alsobrook, Deputy General Counsel, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, for Respondent. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED CASE NO. 1D10-2493

KAHN, J. Petitioner, Dr. Stephen L. Kaplan, seeks review of an emergency suspension order (ESO), suspending his medical license, entered by the respondent, State of Florida, Department of Health. Such an ESO is subject to the exacting standards

of section 120.60(6), Florida Statutes (2009). Under this statute, the Department may take only "that action necessary to protect the public interest under the emergency procedure . . . ."

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