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Medical staff wins appeal in legal battle over bylaws
An opinion issued several weeks ago by the Florida District Court of Appeal upheld a state court ruling that a special law designed to override medical staff bylaws is unconstitutional, protecting the rights of the medical staff at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in St. Lucie County, FL.

The case centers on a Florida law passed in 2003, which applies only to hospitals within St. Lucie County. The law allowed the hospital to unilaterally amend medical staff bylaws that had been duly adopted by the staff and governing board of the hospital.

With the help of the AMA Litigation Center and the AMA Organized Medical Staff Section, Lawnwood's medical staff restored the viability of its bylaws and regained control over medical staff privileging, patient care quality and peer review. The AMA Litigation Center provided substantial financial support and, along with the Florida Medical Association, filed an amicus curiae, or "friend of the court," brief in support of the medical staff. View the case.

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