G-23-0M Final Order No. DOH-04-1585- FOE-MOA MLED DATE a done STATE OF FLORIDA Department of Health BOARD OF MEDICINE py N woth, Cota Deputy Agency Clerk — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Petitioner, AT DOH CASE NO.: 2001-09917 2002-08785 2002-20094 2002-20920 DOAH CASE NO.: 2004-0709PL LS 2004-0901PL a) LICENSE NO.: ME0072621 Cis a ALTON EARL INGRAM, M.D., 2 . co - rt Respondent. i o __ / : S FINAL ORDER ye THIS CAUSE came before the BOARD OF MEDICINE (Board) ped pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57(1), Florida Statutes, on December 4, 2004, in Orlando, Florida, for the purpose of considering the Administrative Law Judge's Recommended Order, Exceptions to the Recommended Order and Petitioner’s Motion to Assess Costs, in the above-styled cause. Petitioner was represented by John E. Terrel, Assistant General Counsel . Respondent was present and represented by Bruce D. Lamb, Esquire. The Recommended Order under consideration attached hereto as exhibit A and incorporated into this Final Order and made a part thereof, found the Respondent in violation of Section 458.331(1) (m), (t), and (w), Florida Statutes, and recommended the suspension of his license for a period of three years, to be followed by two years of probation, and required his completion of continuing education in the area of anesthesia and other subject matters directed by the Board. The Petitioner also moved for assessment of costs against the Respondent in the amount of $44,857.61. At the hearing, Respondent offered to relinquish his license to practice medicine and agreed never to reapply for licensure as a physician in the State of Florida in lieu of consideration of the Recommended Order and Petitioner’s motion to assess costs. The Respondent acknowledges that such relinquishment of his license shall be construed as disciplinary action pursuant to Rule 64B8-8.018, F.A.C., as that term is used in Section 458.331(1) (b), Florida Statutes, and shall be reported as such by the Board. The parties agreed to waive all rights to seek judicial review of, or to otherwise challenge or contest the validity of, the voluntary relinquishment and the final order of the Board upon acceptance of the relinquishment by both parties and the Board. The parties further agreed that upon the Board’s acceptance of Respondent’s voluntary relinquishment, each party would bear its own attorney’s fees and costs related to the prosecution or defense of this matter. Upon consideration the foregoing offer of Voluntary Relinquishment, the charges, and the other documents of record, and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent’s Voluntary Relinquishment of his license to practice medicine in the State of, Florida is hereby ACCEPTED, and shall constitute discipline upon Respondent's license. This Final Order shall take effect upon being filed with the Clerk of the Department of Health. DONE AND ORDERED this L@ day of ste, WSCA, 2004. BOARD OF MEDICINE Larry McPherson, Jr., Executive Director for Elisabeth Tucker, M.D., Chair CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Final Order has been provided by U.S. Mail to ALTON EARL INGRAM, M.D.,P. O. Box 1865, Orange Beach, Alabama 36561; to Bruce D. Lamb, Esquire, Suntrust Financial Center, 401 East wa Sackson Street, 27° Floor, Tampa, Florida 33602; to Larry J. Sartin, Administrative Law Judge, Division of Administrative Hearings, The DeSoto Building, 1230 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060; and by interoffice delivery to Denise O’Brien, John E. Terrel, S. J. DiConcilio and Dana Baird, Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C-65, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3265 this BOT day of Dot nb. , 2004. FAUsers\ADMIN\NANCY\MED\ORD \December-2004\IngramRO-II.wpd Deputy Agency Clerk

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