Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jul. 08, 2020
The issues are whether, during 2015, Respondent held himself out as a “doctor of medicine,” even though he did not hold a license to practice medicine in Florida, in violation of section 456.072(1)(m), Florida Statutes (2014); whether, during 2015, Respondent exceeded the scope of his advanced practice registered nursing (APRN)1 license modifier by removing adipose tissue from a patient’s abdomen, performing intravitreous injections of the processed tissue into both eyes of a patient, and failing to have a protocol in place for the removal of abdominal adipose tissue and the intravitreous injection of any material into a living person, in violation of section 456.072(1)(o); and, if so, the penalty that should be imposed.APRN performed intravitreal injections into the eyes of three patients resulting in blindness. APRN had no written protocol for the procedure, was unsupervised, unqualified, and represented himself as a doctor. Recommend revocation of license.
