"STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALT, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PETITIONER, vs. s CASE NUMBER: 97-11650 * IZ: Hd 61 Yd¥ 20 WOT - C3AN303U ‘LARRY B. BUTLER, RESPONDENT. / po-aloe AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT COMES NOW, the Petitioner, Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as "Petitioner", and files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Dentistry against, D.D.S., referred to as "Respondent’, and alleges: 1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of dentistry pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes; Chapter 455, Florida Statutes; and Chapter 466, Florida Statutes. Pursuant to the authority of Section 20.43 (3) (g), Florida Statutes, the Petitioner has contracted with the Agency for Health Care Administration, hereinafter referred to as the “Avency,” to provide consumer complaint, investigative, and prosecutorial services required by the gency Pp : q ; Division of Medical Quality ‘Assurance, councils or board, as appropriate, including the issuatice of emergency orders of suspension or restriction. ; --r~ State of Florida, having been jssued license e uumber DN 0071 B. ‘Respondent's jast known, address Hs 6519 Stadium Drive, pes Florida 33540 2567. vee oe ae oe . ondent i is, ‘and has 8 ‘been a cat tall times material ‘hereto, a licensed dentist i jn 1 the ° 4 Wie w , 4. In or around December 1996, Patient C.M. presented to a subsequent treater who informed her that the crown on tooth number fourteen (14) required additional work due to an open distal margin. 5. Inor around October 1998, an Agency expert examined Patient C.M. The Agency’s , expert opined that there was an open distal margin of the crown on tooth number fourteen (14.) 6. Based on the foregoing, the Respondent's license to practice dentistry in the State of ... ': Florida is subject to discipline pursuant to Section 466.028 (1) (x), Florida Statutes, for being guilty of incompetence or negligence by failing to meet the minimum standards of performance in diagnosis and treatment when measured against generally prevailing peer performance, including, but not limited to, the undertaking of diagnosis and treatment for which the dentist is not qualified by training or experience or being guilty of dental malpractice. a Loy WHEREFORE, Petitioner espe requests the Board of Dentistry enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties: revocation or suspension of the Respondent's _ license, restriction . of the Respondents practice, imposition of a an n administrative fine and costs, issuance of a reprimand, Placement of the Respondent on probation and/or any other relief that the Board deems appropriate SIGNED this }WW_ day of baud , 2000. Robert G. Brooks, MLD... Secretary, Departmentpf Health BY: “Nancy M. Snurkowski Chief Attorney Agency for Health Care Administration COUNSEL FOR AGENCY / ~ R. Lynn Lovejoy ae ~ . ~~ ~~ Senior Attorney tie Agency for Health Care Administration OS ~ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTE Bs DEPUTY CLERK Practitioner Regulation a BO. Box 14229, mail stop39. CLERK Wit R Bion Tallahassee, Florida 32317- 4229 _.. DATE ‘ / - / f-Aoce 850) 488-8904 RLL/bn cpememyer ee on eee i t i ‘ ; I | | t '

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