W U STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO.: 95-03402 JANET MORGENTALER, OQ ) ~O saa’ 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 JANET MORGENTALER, hereinafter referred toas “Respondent,” and alleges: 1. Effective July 1, 1997, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of Clinical Social Work pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes, Chapter 455, Florida Statutes; and Chapter 491, 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 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 licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Florida, having been issued license number SW 0002674. Respondent’s last known address is 450 North Park Road, Suite 610, Hollywood, Florida 33021. 3. During 1993 and 1994, Respondent treated patients S.F. and S.F. #2. S.F. is the wife of S.F.#2. 4. Respondent billed Blue Cross/Blue Shield for forty (41) sessions for patients S.F. and S.F.#2. 5. Patients S.F. and S.F.#2 state that the Respondent had treated them approximately ten (10) to twelve (12) sessions only. 6. Respondent has the duty to safeguard patient’s S.F. and S.F.#2 patient records. Respondent lost all of the patients’ records except for a period of January 3, 1994, through May 19, 1994. 7. Respondent, who charged approximately $150.00 per hour, failed to adequately maintain billing records. Respondent used only her calendar with first names on it as her method of bookkeeping for billing Blue Cross/Blue Shield. os 8. Section 491.009(2)(s), Florida Statutes, makes the following a violation in the practice of clinical social work: Failing to meet the

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