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PROGRESS DRILLING, INC. and Highlands Insurance Co., Appellants, v. Rodney FUSSELL, Appellee.
    No. QQ-45.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Dec. 3, 1979.
    Harry D. Robinson, West Palm Beach, for appellants.
    G. M. Nachwalter of Nachwalter, Christie & Falk, Jay M. Levy, Miami, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

The employer/carrier appeals a worker’s compensation order which we hereby affirm except as to the award of medical costs for surgery performed by Dr. Brown. The record reveals no authorization of Dr. Brown as a treating physician, nor any request that the employer/carrier provide such treatment. The award of such medical expense is therefore in error. MJM Construction Co. v. Roberts, IRC Order 2-3387 (March 31, 1978).

Accordingly, the order is affirmed in part and reversed in part.

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Acting C. J., and SHAW and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.