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N. R. K. T. O. a v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION, M. D. M. D. M. D. M. D. J. P. A., 143 So. 3d 463 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . See § 766.309(l)(d), Fla. . . . Hearings, 948 So.2d 705, 717 n. 18 (Fla.2007) (noting that the 2006 amendment to section 766.309, Florida . . .

SAMPLES, v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION,, 114 So. 3d 912 (Fla. 2013)

. . . Such offer is subject to the subsequent approval of the ALJ. (2) Pursuant to section 766.309, Florida . . .

MARADIAGA, J. C. S. M. a G. J. C. S. M. a v. UNITED STATES, 679 F.3d 1286 (11th Cir. 2012)

. . . . § 766.309, 766.31. The Compensation Act defines both the covered injuries and the professionals. . . . Id. § 766.309(l)(d). . . .

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI d b a M. D. M. D. M. D. M. M. D. d b a M. D. v. EXPOSITO, GONZALEZ, a, 87 So. 3d 803 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . No civil action may be brought until the determinations under s. 766.309 have been made by the administrative . . . order of dismissal, asserting that the ALJ should find her claim was not compensable under section 766.309 . . . compensable,” and “[n]o civil action may be brought until the [compensability] determinations under s. 766.309 . . . See § 766.309(l)(a)-(d), Fla. . . . No civil action may be brought until the determinations under s. 766.309 [which include the determination . . .

J. ANDERSON, a J. J. v. HELEN ELLIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC. R. N. R. N., 66 So. 3d 1095 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . In making that determination, section 766.309(1) requires the ALJ to make the following findings: (a) . . . Section 766.309(4) provides as follows: If it is in the interest of judicial economy or if requested . . . Thus the authorization in section 766.309(4) for the bifurcation of the proceedings suggests that the . . . To be sure, section 766.309(1)(c) directs the ALJ to determine the amount of compensation awardable. . . . See §§ 766.309(1)(c), 31. . . .

BENNETT, v. ST. VINCENT S MEDICAL CENTER, INC. v. St. s, 71 So. 3d 828 (Fla. 2011)

. . . Second, the First District incorrectly held that under section 766.309(l)(a), Florida Statutes (2001) . . . See § 766.309(1), Fla. Stat. (2001). . . . The specific language of the statutory presumption is found in section 766.309(1), which requires the . . . Specifically, when the Legislature first created the NICA Plan, section 766.309(1) provided: 1. . . . To interpret the rebuttable presumption language in section 766.309(l)(a) to inure to the benefit of . . .

SAMPLES v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL,, 40 So. 3d 18 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . Such offer is subject to the subsequent approval of the ALJ. (2) Pursuant to Section 766.309, Florida . . .

TARPON SPRINGS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC. d b a A. R. N. P. C. N. M. v. ANDERSON J. a H. M. D. M. D. A. M. D. M. D., 34 So. 3d 742 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . .; see also § 766.309(1)(b). . . .

PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP OF FLORIDA, INC. M. D. M. D. M. D. M. D. v. FALCONER, a, 31 So. 3d 310 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

. . . whether claim is compensable and that “[n]o civil action may be brought until the determinations under § 766.309 . . . have been made by the administrative law judge”); § 766.309(l)(a) (requiring ALJ to find whether injury . . .

ST. VINCENT S MEDICAL CENTER, INC. H. M. D. P. A. v. BENNETT, a, 27 So. 3d 65 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . the ALJ erred as a matter of law in failing to apply the rebuttable presumption provided by section 766.309 . . . The Rebuttal Presumption under Section 766.309(l)(a) The NICA Plan was established by the Legislature . . . See §§ 766.303, 766.309, and 766.31, Fla. Stat. . . . .” § 766.309(1), Fla. Stat. . . . Based upon these findings, the section 766.309(l)(a) presumption is triggered. . . . . § 766.309(l)(a), Fla. Stat. . . . It seems completely clear that the purpose of the presumption provided by 766.309(l)(a) is to aid a claimant . . .

MACRI, v. CLEMENTS AND ASHMORE, P. A. d b a s O M. D. CNM,, 15 So. 3d 762 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . They therefore filed an administrative petition seeking the necessary determinations under section 766.309 . . .

ORLANDO REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC. v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL,, 997 So. 2d 426 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . .; see §§ 766.309, 766.31, Fla. Stat. (2004). . . . impaired, a re-buttable presumption arises that the injury is a birth-related neurological injury. § 766.309 . . .

ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, a H. f k a, 989 So. 2d 2 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . On remand, the ALJ shall make the required determination concerning compens-ability under section 766.309 . . .

FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION, v. FLORIDA DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, v., 948 So. 2d 705 (Fla. 2007)

. . . The responsibilities of the ALJ are succinctly set forth in section 766.309. . . . course of labor, delivery, or resuscitation in the immediate post-delivery period in a hospital,” § 766.309 . . . There is nothing in section 766.309 or elsewhere in NICA that gives the ALJ any responsibility or authority . . . No change was made in the determinations the ALJ is required to make under section 766.309. . . . See §§ 766.309(l)(c), .31. . . . See § 766.309, Fla. Stat. (1997). . . . There is no mention whatsoever of notice in the version of section 766.309 that is applicable to the . . . notice is not expressly listed as one of the issues that the ALJ must determine pursuant to section 766.309 . . . To decide the latter issue, the ALJ is only required to analyze the three elements listed in section 766.309 . . . the notice mandated by section 766.316 was provided because there is no express language in section 766.309 . . . .” § 766.309(1), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . . . § 766.309(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . . . § 766.309(l)(b), Fla. Stat. . . . . §§ 766.309(l)(c), 766.31(1), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . . The Second District held that “[tjhere is nothing in section 766.309 or elsewhere in NICA that gives . . .

MATTEINI v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL,, 946 So. 2d 1092 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . .; see §§ 766.309, 766.31, Fla. Stat. (2005). . . . administrative law judge as to the qu$lification of the claim for purposes of compensability under s. 766.309 . . .

WEINSTOCK, M. D. M. D. P. A. d b a s LLP, v. HOUVARDAS a, 924 So. 2d 982 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . that pursuant to section 766.304 no civil action may be brought until the determinations under section 766.309 . . . However, we stated: During the pendency of this appeal, the Florida Legislature amended section 766.309 . . . Both of these events occurred after the effective date of the amendment to section 766.309. . . . Pursuant to subsection (4) of section 766.309, the ALJ has the authority to hold a hearing to determine . . . Section 766.309(4) provides the ALJ with the jurisdiction to resolve issues of notice. . . .

ORLANDO REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC. v. ALEXANDER,, 909 So. 2d 582 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . No civil action may be brought until the determinations under s. 766.309 have been made by the administrative . . . The ALJ recognized that, pursuant to section 766.309(l)(a) of the Florida Statutes, once it is established . . . of clinical evidence in the records, is inadequate to rebut the presumption established by section 766.309 . . . Alexander also argues that the statutory presumption set forth in section 766.309(l)(a) is unconstitutional . . . As for her “on its face” challenge, Alexander claims that sections 766.309 and 766.302 of the Florida . . .

L. RINELLA, M. D. v. ABIFARAJ, 908 So. 2d 1126 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . jurisdiction to determine whether a claim for NICA plan benefits is compensable and references section 766.309 . . . Section 766.309(1), Florida Statutes (1997), provides that the ALJ must make the following determinations . . .

DEPART, CNM, v. MACRI O M. D. P. A. d b a s, 902 So. 2d 271 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . The next sentence of that section directs the reader to section 766.309 for a list of the issues that . . . Section 766.309, in turn, directs the administrative law judge to decide (1) “[wjhether the injury claimed . . . Here, the administrative law judge decided each of the three issues listed in section 766.309(1). . . . Appellant acknowledges that section 766.309(1) directs the administrative law judge to make findings . . . Hearings, 863 So.2d 450, 456 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) (“[tjhere is nothing in section 766.309 or elsewhere . . .

DE SOUZA, M. D. v. ORTIZ a M. D., 901 So. 2d 269 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . . §§ 766.304; 766.309(1)(a), Fla. Stat. . . .

BAYFRONT MEDICAL CENTER, INC. v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION a, 893 So. 2d 636 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . See also § 766.309, Fla. Stat. (1997). The inclusion of this finding was therefore error. . . . give notice is an element of compensability as defined by the statute: There is nothing in section 766.309 . . . We recognize that section 766.309 also provides for the ALJ to determine if the child was delivered by . . . Ass’n, 664 So.2d 1173 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995). .The Florida Legislature amended section 766.309 during the . . .

TABB, TABB, a v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION M. D. d b a, 880 So. 2d 1253 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . No civil action may be brought until the determinations under s. 766.309 have been made by the administrative . . . Notably, in 2003, the Legislature amended the NICA statute to add section 766.309(4), Florida Statutes . . . Appellant Tabb disagrees with these decisions and relies on language in section 766.309 as well as recent . . . Hearings, 863 So.2d 450, 456 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) (“There is nothing in section 766.309 or elsewhere in . . . an emergency medical condition as defined in s. 395.002(9)(b) or when notice is not practicable. . 766.309 . . .

FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, INC. d b a v. DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS v. a, 871 So. 2d 1062 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . . §§ 766.303, 766.309, Fla. Stat. (1997). . . . Section 766.309 more specifically provides: (1) The administrative law judge shall make the following . . . (c) How much compensation, if any, is awardable pursuant to s. 766.31. § 766.309(l)(a)-(c). . . . Based on the plain and unambiguous language of section 766.309, the ALJ is authorized to determine whether . . . During the pendency of this appeal, the Florida Legislature amended section 766.309 to add a new subsection . . .

FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION, v. FERGUSON a C. N. M., 869 So. 2d 686 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . See § 766.309. . . . During the pendency of this appeal, the Florida Legislature amended section 766.309 to add a new subsection . . .

ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, a H. f k a, 863 So. 2d 450 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Section 766.309, Florida Statutes (1997) — which was not affected by the 1998 amendments — sets forth . . . The responsibilities of the ALJ are succinctly set forth in section 766.309. . . . course of labor, delivery, or resuscitation in the immediate post-delivery period in a hospital,” § 766.309 . . . No change was made in the determinations the ALJ is required to make under section 766.309. . . . See §§ 766.309(l)(c), .31. . . .

ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM SUNBELT, INC. v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY, 865 So. 2d 561 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . I find of particular importance section 766.309(l)(a), which provides in pertinent part that: The administrative . . . infant was thereby rendered permanently and substantially mentally and physically impaired .... ” § 766.309 . . . administrative law judge as to the qualification of the claim for purposes of compensability under s. 766.309 . . . Sections 766.302(2), 766.309(2), and 766.31(1), Florida Statutes. . . .

ROMINE v. FLORIDA BIRTH RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION,, 842 So. 2d 148 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . No civil action may be brought until the determinations under s. 766.309 have been made by the administrative . . . delivery, or resuscitation, and (3) the amount of compensation, if any, awardable under the statute. § 766.309 . . .

GUGELMIN v. DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, d b a, 815 So. 2d 764 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . Section 766.309, Florida Statutes (1999) lists the three evidentiary issues that an administrative law . . .

NAGY a v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION, M. D., 813 So. 2d 155 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . administrative law judge as to the qualification of the claim for purposes of compensability under s. 766.309 . . .

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, v. M. A. a, 793 So. 2d 999 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . No civil action may be brought until the determinations under s. 766.309 have been made by the administrative . . .

A. FLUET, a v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION,, 788 So. 2d 1010 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . . § 766.309(l)(b), Fla. Stat. (1999). See also § 766.31, Fla. Stat. (1999). . . . Section 766.309(l)(b) does not define the term “delivered.” . . . intends to protect physicians who are sued for such involvement in the “course of ... delivery.” § 766.309 . . .

D. O LEARY, M. D. v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION,, 757 So. 2d 624 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . No civil action may be brought until the determinations under s. 766.309 have been made by the administrative . . .

A. GILBERT, Ad a v. FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION d b a s, 724 So. 2d 688 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Section 766.309(l)(a). . . . No civil action may be brought until the determinations under s. 766.309 have been made by the administrative . . .

FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION, v. FLORIDA DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS,, 686 So. 2d 1349 (Fla. 1997)

. . . Sections 766.302(2), 766.309(2), and 766.31(1), Florida Statutes. . . . officer in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 120, Florida Statutes (1995). §§ 766.304, 766.307, 766.309 . . .

FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION, v. McKAUGHAN a HUMANA OF FLORIDA, INC. d b a s L. M. D. v. McKAUGHAN a SOLOMON, M. D. v. McKAUGHAN a, 668 So. 2d 974 (Fla. 1996)

. . . . § 766.309(l)(a). . . .

HUMANA OF FLORIDA. INC. d b a s L. M. D. L. M. D. P. A. v. McKAUGHAN McKAUGHAN, a FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION, v. McKAUGHAN McKAUGHAN, a SOLOMON, M. D. M. D. P. A. v. McKAUGHAN McKAUGHAN, a, 652 So. 2d 852 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . . § 766.309. . . . Section 766.309(l)(a).” The Association and the In-tervenors appealed from this order. . . .

FLORIDA BIRTH- RELATED NEUROLOGICAL INJURY COMPENSATION ASSOCIATION, v. CARRERAS, a, 633 So. 2d 1103 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . . §§ 766.309, 766.31. . . . Id. §§ 766.-301(2), 766.309. . . .