NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board of Medicine has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Stephen E. Mitteldorf, M.D. on September 19, 2006. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
The Petition was published in Volume 32, No. 39, of the September 29, 2006, Florida Administrative Weekly. The Board reviewed the petition at its meeting held on October 7, 2006, in Tampa, Florida. The Board’s Final Order, filed in this matter on October 31, 2006, finds that the proposed arrangement outlined in the Petition between the Petitioner and the Company employing the Stop Smoking Program does not constitute a kickback nor is it prohibited in any way by Section 458.331(1)(i), Florida Statutes.
A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Board of Medicine, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253.