NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Health has received the petition for declaratory statement from Tampa Pain Relief Center, Inc. The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Sections 458.3265(1) and 459.0137(1), Florida Statutes, as it applies to the petitioner.
The issue relates to the meaning of surgical services and whether the various clinic locations operated under Petitioner meet the statutory exemption from having to register based on the majority of the physicians in the clinics primarily providing surgical services.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Joy Tootle, Executive Director, Florida Board of Medicine, Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399.