\0 STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH @ MY Ph DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BOARD OF CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY = THERAPY AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, 63 Petitioner, & vs. AHCA Case Number: 2000-05484 Ol-ZO(S PC PATTI L. WILLIAMS, Respondent. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, hereinafter referred to as “Petitioner,” files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and “Mental Health Counseling, against PATTI L. WILLIAMS, hereinafter referred to as “Respondent,” and alleges: 1. Effective July 1, 1997, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the profession of marriage and family therapy pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes, Chapter 456, Florida Statutes (formerly Chapter 455, Part II; see Chapter 2000-160, Laws of Florida), and Chapter 491, Florida Statutes. Pursuant to Section 20.43(3)(2), Florida Statutes, the Department has contracted with the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide consumer complaint, investigative, and prosecutorial services required by the Division of Medical Quality ._ Assurance, councils, or boards, as appropriate. 2. Respondent is, and has been at all times material hereto, a Marriage and Family Therapist, . licensed i in the State of Florida, having been issued license’ number MT 1416. . The last: address ‘of record of the Respondent is 1416 C West 16" Street, Panama City, Flérida. 32405. 4. Onor about April 2, 1997, the Respondent began providing family counseling services to ’ PM, her husband, and son. 5. The Respondent also provided individual counseling to patient PM. 6. During the course of the family counseling, the Respondent learned that GM, PM’s husband, had been arrested. The’ Respondent told her business associates about this arrest. va Te The Respondent developed a friendship w with Patient PM. PM accompanied the Respondent on business trips. 8. The Respondent allowed PM’s husband to perform light maintenance and yard work for the grounds of the business. 9. Dual relationships between a therapist and patient are inappropriate and the Respondent, as the licensed professional, has the duty to establish and maintain clinical boundaries. 10. The Respondent failed to adequately safeguard her patient files and disclosed confidential information about a client to others. The Respondent failed to secure the treatment notes so that confidential information was accessible by others associated with and/or employed by Future Choices and told others confidential information about a client. Based on the foregoing, the Respondent is subject to discipline for violation of Section 491.009(2)(s), Florida Statutes, by failing to meet minimum standards of performance in professional activities; and Section 491.009 (2)(v), Florida Statutes, by failing to maintain a client’s confidence. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling to enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties: revocation or suspension of the Respondent’s license; restriction of Respondent’s practice; imposition of an administrative fine; issuance of a reprimand; placement of the Respondent’s license on probation for a period of time and subject to terms and/or conditions imposed by the Board; and/or any other relief that the Board deems appropriate. SIGNED this ] 04 h day of 2001. Robert G. Brooks, M. D. Secretary, Department of Health ms By: i Nancy M. Ee wa" Chief Attorney Practitioner Regulation — Legal beget .. General Counsel’s Office -MQA - ~ COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER: . “Deborah B. Loucks a ws Senior Attorney — : MENS OF HEAL Florida Bar Number 0169889 DEPASEPUTY c Agency for Health Care Administration Practitioner Regulation — Legal General Counsel’s Office - MQA Post Office Box 14229, Mail Stop #39 Tallahassee, Florida 32317-4229 (850) 487-9694 : Fee. yes Ackcrd

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