Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Oct. 19, 2016
Whether Respondent, a licensed physician, violated the applicable standard of care by diagnosing prostate cancer in four patients, and recommending and participating in a course of treatment for these patients, without confirming prostate cancer through tissue biopsy results; and, if so, what is the appropriate penalty?Physician committed malpractice by diagnosing, recommending treatment, and treating prostate cancer without a tissue biopsy. Recommend license revocation and $30,000.00 fine.