Florida Board of Nursing Formal Administrative Hearings and Administrative Complaints
Formal administrative hearings are one of the options provided to a person who has significant interests that will be affected by agency action and who contests the material facts involved in the case. In the practice of nursing, we are usually discussing a hearing involving the professional license of the nurse. In many cases this will be a notice of intent to deny a license application; however, in most cases, it will be based on an administrative complaint filed against the nurse charging the nurse with a violation of the Nurse Practice Act or other misconduct.
The administrative complaint will usually be accompanied by an election of rights (EOR) form. Here is an example of an Election of Rights form.
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George F. Indest III, Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law 