Judges: DIANE D. TREMOR
Agency: Department of Health
Latest Update: Jul. 31, 1979
Summary: Stipulations of the parties should be accepted as Final Order in finding Respondent guilty. Recommend sixty-day suspension and one-year probation. Dismiss administrative complaint with prejudice.
79-0499.PDFSTATE OF FLORIDA
DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
BOARD OF OPTOMETRY, )
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Petitioner, )
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vs. ) CASE NO. 79-499
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WILLIAM H. WILSON, O.D., )
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Respondent. )
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RECOMMENDED ORDER
Pursuant to notice, an administrative hearing was scheduled before Diane D. Tremor, Hearing Officer with the Division of Administrative Hearings, to commence at 9:30 a.m. on July 26, 1979, in Room 406 of the Pinellas County Judicial Building, St. Petersburg, Florida. The issue for determination at the hearing was whether respondent's license number 586 should be revoked, annulled, withdrawn, suspended or otherwise disciplined for the reasons set forth in the Administrative Complaint dated February 5, 1979.
APPEARANCES
For Petitioner: Woodie A. Liles and
Peter Knocke
Post Office Drawer 190 Tallahassee, Florida 32301
For Respondent: James B. Thompson
Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal and Banker, P. A.
Post Office Box 210
St. Petersburg, Florida 33731 STIPULATION
Prior to the commencement of the hearing, the parties herein, each represented by counsel, entered into the following stipulation:
The respondent pleads guilty to all charges contained in the Administrative Complaint.
The license of the respondent will be suspended for a period of sixty (60) days to begin on August 3, 1979. During said period of suspension, the respondent's office will be closed; however, the respondent will have personnel to answer the telephone and take care of patient records and needs.
The respondent will pay all costs taxable by law in connection with the hearing in the
approximate amount of $400.00.
The respondent will refund all fees paid to him by patients Emmons and Rich. The respondent will also refund to Mr. Rich his airplane fare from Houston, Texas, in the approximate amount of $700.00.
The respondent will be placed on probation for a period of one (1) year and assures that patient records will be maintained and patient care provided in accordance with Chapter 463
of the Florida Statutes.
The Administrative Complaint will be dismissed with prejudice.
RECOMMENDATION
Both parties having been represented by counsel for the above stipulation, it is recommended that the Board of Optometry adopt the stipulation as its Final Order.
Respectfully submitted and entered this 31st day of July, 1979, in Tallahassee, Florida.
DIANE D. TREMOR, Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings Room 101, Collins Building Tallahassee, Florida 32301
(904) 488-9675
COPIES FURNISHED:
Woodie A. Liles, Esquire Post Office Drawer 190 Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Peter Knocke, Esquire Post Office Drawer 190
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
James 13. Thompson, Esquire Post Office Box 210
St. Petersburg, Florida 33731
Docket for Case No: 79-000499
Orders for Case No: 79-000499
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Summary |
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Jul. 31, 1979 |
Recommended Order
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Stipulations of the parties should be accepted as Final Order in finding Respondent guilty. Recommend sixty-day suspension and one-year probation. Dismiss administrative complaint with prejudice.
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