Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Dec. 16, 2005
The issue in this case is whether Respondent, Manuel Alvarado, M.D., committed violations of Chapter 458, Florida Statutes, as alleged in an Administrative Complaint issued by Petitioner, the Department of Health, on July 19, 2005, in DOH Case Number 2004-00926, and amended by Order entered March 31, 2006; and, if so, what disciplinary action should be taken against his license to practice medicine in Florida.Respondent violated the "standard of care" by failing to evaluate an adequate amount of data from the internal fetal heart monitor.