ADENIKE ADEBIYI
v.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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When an administrative hearing reveals that a party disputes underlying facts, a formal hearing must be convened regardless of whether an informal hearing was initially scheduled.
[1] When a party disputes material facts in an administrative proceeding, a formal hearing under Florida Statute § 120.57(1) must be convened even if an informal hearing was…
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Adenike Adebiyi's nursing license was suspended by the Florida Board of Nursing following an informal hearing. Adebiyi had submitted a handwritten not…
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PER CURIAM. We reverse the final order of the Board of Nursing suspending appellant’s nursing license because the board issued the order pursuant to an informal hearing when a formal hearing was required. When it became apparent in the informal hearing that the appellant disputed the underlying facts of the proceeding, a formal hearing should have been convened. See § 120.57(1), Fla. Stat. (2017); DeRosa v. State, Dep’t of Fin. Servs., 175 So. 3d 946 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015); Campbell v. Dep’t of Bus. & Prof’l Regulation, Div. of Real Estate, 868 So. 2d 1265, 1266 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). Although appellee contends that appellant waived her right to a formal hearing, there is no written or oral waiver from appellant in the record — only emails from appellee’s counsel assuming that appellant waived her right to a formal hearing. No election of an informal hearing is in the record, but there is a handwritten note from appellant stating that she wished to have a hearing to present her case; thus, this indicates appellant disputed the facts surrounding the Department’s proposed suspension. Reversed and remanded for a formal hearing.
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WARNER, GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.
* * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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