Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Latest Update: Dec. 16, 1983
The issues in this matter arise pursuant to an administrative complaint brought by the State of Florida, Department of Professional Regulation against Respondent, Donald J. Carrow, M.D. Respondent is said to have violated Section 458.331 (1)(d), Florida Statutes, by engaging in false, deceptive or misleading advertising related to the practice of medicine. In particular, it is contended that advertising which was placed in the Ft. Lauderdale News on approximately November 19, 1980, and on various dates thereafter, violated the aforementioned provision in those portions which a) "represent Chelation Therapy as a 'highly effective, non-surgical treatment which is proving itself completely safe and consistently more effective than surgery.'; b) which represents Chelation Therapy as capable of dissolving the accumulating placque in the arteries and c) which represents that over eighty percent of Chelation Therapy patients experience relief of symptoms."Respondent advertised experimental procedure as "completely safe" in violation of statute concerning false, deceptive or misleading advertisements.
