Case Name: Lulu BOWEN d/b/a the Tree Path School, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-04-03
Citations: 486 So. 2d 48
Docket Number: No. 85-658
Parties: Lulu BOWEN d/b/a the Tree Path School, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
Judges: ORFINGER and SHARP, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 486
Pages: 48–49

Head Matter:
Lulu BOWEN d/b/a the Tree Path School, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
No. 85-658.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
April 3, 1986.
Chobee Ebbets of Smalbein, Eubank, Johnson, Rosier & Bussey, P.A., Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Frederick J. Simpson, Dist. Legal Counsel, and Reese A. Waters, Jr., Asst. Dist. Legal Counsel, State of Florida Dept, of Health & Rehabilitative Services, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
COBB, Chief Judge.
Under section 402.305(1)(a), Florida Statutes (1985), the legislature provided for minimum screening standards in child care facilities that preclude from employment any personnel who previously committed certain enumerated crimes, whether in Florida or elsewhere. This section provides that H.R.S. may grant an exemption from disqualification for rehabilitated mis-demeanants, implicitly denying to felons the opportunity for employment based upon a showing of rehabilitation. The issue presented for appeal in this case is whether this classification (between felons and misdemeanants) is arbitrary and unreasonable, and thus violative of due process. We conclude that it is not.
AFFIRMED.
ORFINGER and SHARP, JJ., concur.