PER CURIAM.
We affirm the order appealed from below except that portion denying claimant payment for medical services provided by Dr. Aaron Schneider. When the employer/carrier (E/C) deauthorized the claimant’s first treating physician without *1132authorizing alternative medical care, even when claimant requested such care, claimant was justified in seeking medical treatment from a physician of his own choosing. Gust K. Newberg Construction Co. v. Warren, 449 So. 2d 934" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1984-05-02" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/gust-k-newberg-construction-co-v-warren-1728073?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1728073">449 So.2d 934 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984); Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Viera, 440 So. 2d 49" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1983-11-09" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/sears-roebuck-and-co-v-viera-1830482?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1830482">440 So.2d 49 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). We find the E/C’s contention that it is entitled to ignore the request for alternative medical care of a claimant who is represented by counsel to be without merit. Accordingly, we modify the deputy commissioner’s order to require the E/C to pay the costs associated with Dr. Schneider’s orthopedic examination and evaluation of claimant. Otherwise, the order appealed from is AFFIRMED.
BOOTH, SMITH and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.