NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Agency for Health Care Administration, Health Quality Assurance has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Israel A. Gomez, Arilys Rutkevich and Bernardo R. Reyes on October 14, 2009. The following is a summary of the agency's disposition of the petition:
The Agency for Health Care Administration hereby gives notice of the issuance of an Order regarding the Petition for Declaratory Statement for Israel A. Gomez, Arilys Rutkevich and Bernardo R. Reyes, received on July 16, 2009. The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 35, No. 31, of the August 7, 2009, Florida Administrative Weekly. The Petitioners sought a Declaratory Statement regarding whether their anticipated transaction constituted a change of ownership for the purposes of Section 408.803(5), Florida Statutes (2009). The Petitioners’ transaction involves the transfer of 100% of the ownership of a health care clinic in two separate contracts. Based on the particular circumstances outlined by the Petitioners the Agency answered in the affirmative.
A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #3, Tallahassee, Florida 32308.