Health Care Practitioner Complaint Process
Effective July 1, 2002, the Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance will assume responsibility of analysis of complaints and reports involving potential misconduct of a licensee and initiates investigations when appropriate. Previously this was performed by the Agency for Health Care Administration.
The mission of the Division of Medical Quality Assurance is to protect and promote the health of all persons in Florida by diligently regulating health care practitioners and facilities.
Discipline Reports - These reports will only contain recent discipline taken against a practitioner by the professional regulatory boards within Department.
How do I file a complaint? You may print the Complaint Form with the Authorization for Release of Patient Records from from the list below or call 1-888 419-3456 or (850) 414-1976 to request one by mail. To avoid delays in the process, please complete all sections of the form and attach the requested information. All complaints must be legibly written or typed, and signed.
Hospices are not licensed to care for the chronically ill. In order for a patient to be admitted to hospice, the physician must "certify" that the patient is likely to die within six months due to a terminal illness. Terri Schiavo has no terminal illness; the only cause of death in her case would be her intentional murder by those intent on ending her life.
Although Terri Schiavo's case will be decided in a Pinellas County courthouse, any hospice that accepts a chronically ill patient has violated not only the spirit of hospice and the mission of hospice, but the federal regulations governing hospice4
From http://www.hospicepatients.org/Terri-Schiavo-10-12-02-press-rel.html
Emphasis mine. Very interesting.