Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY
Respondent: A. ANN MCMILLAN
Judges: CHARLES C. ADAMS
Agency: Department of Health
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Jan. 19, 2000
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, September 7, 2000.
Latest Update: Oct. 06, 2024
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Petitioner,
Vs. CASE NUMBER: 98-23107
A. ANN MCMILLAN, 0 O- 0 4
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
COMES NOW, The Petitioner, Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as “Petitioner”, and
files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Psychology against A. ANN
MCMILLAN, hereinafter referred to as “Respondent”, and alleges:
1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with the regulating the practice of psychology
pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes; Chapter 455, Florida Statutes; and Chapter 490,
Florida Statutes. Pursuant to the authority of Section 20.43(3)(g), Florida Statutes, the Petitioner
has contracted with the Agency of 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 has been at all times material hereto a licensed Psychologist in the State of
Florida, having been issued number PY 0002426. Respondent’s last known address is 10 Lake
Ellen Shores Dr., Crawfordville, FL 32327.
3. The Respondent performed a parenting evaluation by court order, which began in or
around July 1998 and concluded with her report to the court on or about October 3 1, 1998.
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4. JB-1 & JB-2 (the grandparents of the children involved) have indicated that they were
never interviewed by the Respondent with regard to the issues involving the psychological
evaluation she was involved in conducting.
5. JB-1 & JB-2 state opinions and statements attributed to them in the Respondent’s report
were not given by them since, she never interviewed them.
6. JB-2 provided two written statements wherein she recapped the objections she had to the
remarks attributed to her in the report the Respondent sent to the court.
1. The- mother and step-father have also indicated that statements made in the report
attributed to them were actually never spoken by them to the Respondent, as they were never
interviewed.
8. On or about October 2, 1998, the counselor who had been seeing the children since in or
around September 1997 sent the Respondent a copy of her therapy notes on the children.
9. On or about October 7, 1998, she contacted the Respondent and an agreement was made
to discuss the children at a later date.
10. The children’s counselor stated she never heard from the Respondent and was unaware
that the Respondent had completed the report.
11. | Onor about November 9, 1998, the children’s counselor wrote a letter to the Respondent
expressing her concern that statements attributed to her in the Respondent’s report were not
made by her, and requesting that the untrue portions of the statement be removed from the report.
The Respondent never contacted her and never made a correction to her report.
12. The report submitted by the Respondent to the Court was therefore misleading and
untrue.
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13. Based on the foregoing, the Respondent’s license to practice psychology in the State of
Florida is subject to discipline pursuant to Section 490.009 (2)(1), Florida Statutes, for making
misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board of Psychology to enter an order
imposing one or more of the following penalties: revocation or suspension of Respondent’s
license, restriction of Respondent’s practice, imposition of an administrative fine, issuance of a
reprimand, placement of Respondent’s license on probation for a period of time and subject to
terms and/or conditions, and/or any other relief which the Board deems appropriate.
SIGNED this| Citi day of 1999.
Robert G. Brooks M.D.
Secretary, Department of Health
BY: | Nancy M. Snurkows!
Chief Attorney
General Counsel’s Office-MQA
Allied Health
COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER
. James A.G. Davey - i
Florida Bar Number 141717 : F ATH
Agency for Health Care Administration DEPARTMENT OF in
P.O. Box 14229 . EPUTY OLE :
Tallahassee, F1 32317-4229 CLERK yptiye? 9, dere
(850) 487-9694 . one -QB-T4
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Docket for Case No: 00-000292
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Sep. 07, 2000 |
Order Closing File issued. CASE CLOSED.
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Sep. 06, 2000 |
(Joint) Status Report (filed via facsimile).
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Jul. 21, 2000 |
Order Continuing Case in Abeyance sent out. (parties to advise status by September 5, 2000)
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Jul. 20, 2000 |
Status Report (Joint) (filed via facsimile)
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Apr. 21, 2000 |
Order Granting Continuance and Placing Case in Abeyance sent out. (Parties to advise status by July 21, 2000.)
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Apr. 12, 2000 |
Joint Motion to Hold in Abeyance (filed via facsimile).
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Feb. 22, 2000 |
Notice of Hearing sent out. (hearing set for April 24, 2000; 9:30 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL)
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Feb. 03, 2000 |
Joint Response to Initial Order (filed via facsimile).
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Jan. 24, 2000 |
Initial Order issued. |
Jan. 19, 2000 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Jan. 19, 2000 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Jan. 19, 2000 |
Agency Referral letter filed.
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