reer nee he a SN a EE NE ENN STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BOARD OF HEARING AID SPEICIALISTS - O1 SEP - “eo ANTE: & DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PETITIONER, vs. ; CASE NUMBER: AS1999-01660 ROBERT F. DAVIDSON, AS RESPONDENT. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT COMES NOW, the Petitioner, Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as “Petitioner,” and files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Hearing Aid Specialists against ROBERT F. DAVIDSON, AS, hereinafter referred to as “Respondent,” and alleges: 1. Effective July 1, 1997, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of hearing aid dispensing pursuant to Section 20. 43, Florida Statutes; Chapter 455, Florida Statutes; and Chapter 484, Florida Statutes. Pursuant to the authority of Section 20.43 GB)2), Florida Statutes, the Petitioner has contracted with the Agency for Health Care Administration, hereinafter “Agency,” to provide consumer complaint, investigative, and prosecutorial services required by the Division of Medical Quality Assurance, councils, or boards, as appropriate. 2... - Respondent is, at all times tnaterial hereto a duly I licensed Hearing Aid Specialist having been issued licen umber AS 0000740. 3. Respondent s 5 last kn wn nares is 4012 Ivy Lane Naples, FL an 2 PRR . hearing aids. On or about September 21, 1998, the hearing aids were delivered to C.D. 4. Respondent sold a pair of hearing aids to patient C.D. for $1,795 at Hearite , in Largo, FL, on or about September 9, 1998. C.D. paid a $500 deposit on the . C.D found the hearing aids to be unsatisfactory and returned them for a refund on October 8, 1998. The refund request was made within thirty days of delivery. Respondent has not refunded C.D. her money. 5. Based on the foregoing, failing to refund patient C.D. money for the hearing aids returned within thirty days of delivery, Respondent has violated Section 484.0512(1), Florida Statutes, thereby violating Section 484.056(1)(h), Florida Statutes. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board of Hearing Aid Specialist enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties: revocation or suspension of the Respondent's license, restriction of the Respondent’s practice, imposition of an administrative fine, issuance of a reprimand, placement of the Respondent on probation, assess costs of investigation and prosecution and/or any other relief that the Board deems appropriate. SIGNED thisQUIA_ day of _( dh { , 2001. a ; Robert G. Brooks, M.D. nee ILED coven Secretary, Department of Health NT OF HEALTH - DEPARTMENY CLERK CLERK pehi Re ore Nancy M. SnurkowsKi an Th Chief Attomey ny ; Agency for Health Care Administration eo COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER: a Rudolph C. Campbell, Senior Attorney @. Agency for Health Care Administration Practitioner Regulation - Legal P.O. Box 14229 Tallahassee, FL 32317-4229 (850) 410-3465 RCC

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