Tampa Area Alleged PIP Fraud Clinics Subject to State, not County, Enforcement

Hillsborough County’s effort to cut PIP fraud by regulating the healthcare clinics that facilitate staged accident rings came to a halt following a recent Second District Court of Appeal decision. The ruling upheld a lower court’s temporary injunction against County enforcement of the 2011 ordinance.

Enforcement authority belongs to the State of Florida, rather than the county, according to the court filing.

The Tampa Bay Times reported on the story on August 12, in an article titled “Ruling all but ends Hillsborough law targeting PIP fraud.” According to the article:

The nearly 30 clinics that challenged the law said it was overly broad and impinged on the regulatory responsibilities of the state. They said it had an arbitrary and subjective process for people challenging the denial of a license, subjected them to unlawful searches from a broad array of law enforcement and included other requirements that made it all but impossible for otherwise legal clinics to operate.

Click on the link to read the full story, Ruling all but ends Hillsborough law targeting PIP fraud.