Opinion
No. 98-2290
Opinion filed March 12, 1999.
Administrative Appeal from the Department of Health.
Michael D. Jones of Leffler Associates, P.A., Winter Springs, for Appellant.
Sonia Nieves Burton, Orlando, for Appellee.
AFFIRMED. See Gentele v. Department of Professional Regulation, 513 So.2d 672 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987) (holding "[a] proceeding is `substantially justified' if it had a reasonable basis in law and fact at the time it was initiated by the agency.")
DAUKSCH, SHARP, W., and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.