Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BOARD OF NURSING
Respondent: CAMILLE PHILLIPS
Judges: DIANE CLEAVINGER
Agency: Department of Health
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Feb. 08, 2000
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, November 28, 2000.
Latest Update: Jan. 19, 2025
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CASE NUMBER: RN 1999-01902
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT.
COMES Now, the Petitioner, Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as
“Petitioner,” and files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Nursing against
CAMILLE PHILLIPS, hereinafter referred to as “Respondent,” and alleges:
1. Effective July 1, 1997, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the
practice of nursing pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes; Chapter 455, Florida Statutes; and
Chapter 464, Florida Statutes. Pursuant to the authority of Section 20.43 (3)(f), 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 is, and has been at all times material hereto, a licensed
REGISTERED Nurse in the state of Florida, having been issued license number RN 32174.
Respondent’s last known address is 8866 Scenic Highway, Pensacola, Florida 32514.
3. At all times material hereto, Respondent owned and operated the Pensacola
Hyperbaric Care Center in Pensacola (hereinafter known as “PHCC”). Respondent arranged for
medical treatment by physicians to patients at PHCC . On physicians’ orders, Respondent
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administered prescription medications, kept in stock on the premises, including substances
controlled under chapter 893 of the Florida Statutes, to patients at PHCC.
4. At all times material, Respondent had no pharmacy permit.
5. At all times material, in order to obtain the prescription medications for use at
PHCC, Respondent used the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number of J.M. Chimiak,
MLD., a licensed physician, without his knowledge or consent.
6. Respondent allowed the use of the prescription drugs obtained without knowledge
or consent for the benefit of PHCC and other physicians who used the facility.
7. Respondent has a registered nursing license only and practiced outside the scope
of that license by purchasing medications, including controlled substances, for the benefit of
PHCC and other physicians who used the facility, through the unauthorized use of a licensed
physician’s DEA registration number.
8. Based on the foregoing, Respondent is subject to discipline pursuant to section
464.018(1)(h), Florida Statutes, for unprofessional conduct, which shall include, but is not
limited to, any departure from, or the failure to conform to, the minimal standards of acceptable
and prevailing nursing practice, in which case actual injury need not be established, and further
pursuant to Rule 64B9-8.005(15), practicing beyond the scope of the licensee’s license,
educational preparation or nursing experience.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board of Nursing enter an order imposing
one or more of the following penalties: revocation or suspension of the Respondent’s license, restriction
of the Respondent’s practice, imposition of an administrative fine, issuance of a reprimand, placement
of the Respondent on probation, and/or any other relief that the Board deems appropriate.
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SIGNED this AU Aday of [DYpftelowc.o.
Dr. Robert G. Brooks, M.D.,
Secretary - Department of Health
a —~ Nal icy M. Snurkowski
Chief Attorney
Agency for Health Care Administration
COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER: '
R. Lynn Lovejoy, Senior Attomey .
Florida Bar Number - 455090
Agency for Health Care Administration
Allied Health
P.O. Box 14229
Tallahassee, FL 32317-4229
850) 414-8437
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Docket for Case No: 00-000669
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Nov. 28, 2000 |
Order Closing File issued. CASE CLOSED.
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Jul. 18, 2000 |
Order Granting Continuance and Placing Case in Abeyance sent out. (parties to advise status by November 1, 2000)
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Jul. 18, 2000 |
Motion to Place in Abeyance. (filed by Petitioner via facsimile)
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Apr. 05, 2000 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner`s Requests for Interrogatories, Admissions and Production filed. |
Mar. 10, 2000 |
Notice of Hearing sent out. (hearing set for August 29, 2000; 9:30 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL)
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Mar. 10, 2000 |
Notice of Appearance and Substitution of Counsel (Dixon) filed.
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Feb. 21, 2000 |
Joint Response to Initial Order (filed via facsimile).
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Feb. 11, 2000 |
Initial Order issued. |
Feb. 08, 2000 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Feb. 08, 2000 |
Request for Formal Hearing filed.
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Feb. 08, 2000 |
Agency Referral Letter filed.
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