ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY

"It is settled in this state that common law certiorari is limited only to review of judicial or quasi-judicial orders of administrative boards, bodies or officers. In determining whether review by certiorari of the administrative order questioned in this proceeding is one which may be reviewed only by certiorari within the contemplation of Rule 4.1, we must first determine whether the order in question is quasi-judicial in character."

"As the district court correctly pointed out, although the legislature has the power to create administrative agencies with quasi-judicial powers, the legislature cannot authorize these agencies to exercise powers that are fundamentally judicial in nature. Canney v. Board of Public Instruction, 278 So.2d 260 (Fla. 1973); La Rosa, 484 So.2d at 1377; Biltmore Construction Co. v. Florida Department of General Services, 363 So.2d 851 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). An administrative agency conducts a quasi-judicial proceeding in order to investigate and ascertain the existence of facts, hold hearings, and draw conclusions from those hearings as a basis for their official actions. Commission on Ethics v. Sullivan, 489 So.2d 10 (Fla. 1986); South Atlantic S.S. Co. v. Tutson, 139 Fla. 405, 190 So. 675 (1939); State ex rel. Department of General Services v. Willis, 344 So.2d 580 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977). Admittedly, the boundary between judicial and quasi-judicial functions is often unclear."