Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE
Respondent: ROBERT DUVALL
Judges: ELLA JANE P. DAVIS
Agency: Department of Health
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Mar. 24, 2000
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, September 29, 2000.
Latest Update: Dec. 24, 2024
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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 Physical Therapy
- against ROBERT DUVALL, hereinafter referred to as “Respondent”, and alleges:
1. Effective July 1, 1997, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating
the practice of Physical Therapy pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes; Chapter 455,
Florida Statutes; and Chapter 486, 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 ‘Prosecutoria services
of Medical Quality Assurance, councils, or boards as appropriate.
2. "Respondent is, and has been at all time material hereto, a licensed Physical
Therapist in the State of Florida, having been issued license number PT 4042.
3. Respondent's last known address is 2138 Scenic Highway, Suite B,
Snellville, C GA 30278
4, : The Respondent wi was as granted 2 a Florida Physical Therapy ficense on or “about
December 10, 1984.
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5. The Respondent is also licensed to practice as a physical therapist in the
State of Georgia.
“6 Respondent caused an MRI to be ordered for a patient in Georgia at the
wrong hospital by calling the prescription in at that hospital as if he was one of the staff of
the treating physician.
a Respondent also held himself out to be the treating physician at another
hospital in order to get another patient a MRI scheduled.
8. Respondent is not licensed to practice medicine and is not a physician or
physician’s assistant. .
9. The Georgia Board of Physical Therapy disciplined the Respondent for
knowingly engaging in making untrue representations to a patient and for engaging in
unprofessional or unethical conduct harmful to the public.
10. On or about November 7, 1997, the Georgia Board of Physical Therapy
placed Respondent’s physical therapist license on probation for 270 days, fined him
$250.00 and ordered him to cease and desist the practice of medicine.
COUNT ONE
i. - Petitioner realleges and incorporates by reference paragraph one (1)
: through ten (10).
12. _ Based on the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section 486.125(1)(g),
Florida Statutes, by having his license acted upon by another state.
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WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board of Physical
Therapy 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 ofa reprimand, placement of the
Respondent on probation, and/or any other relief that the Board.deems appropriate.
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SIGNED this day of 34999.
Robert G. Brooks, M.D.
Secretary, Department of Health
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DEPUTY CLERK Nancy M. Snurkowski
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COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER:
Shannon R. Fleming
Senior Attorney
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Docket for Case No: 00-001260
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Sep. 29, 2000 |
Order Closing File issued. CASE CLOSED.
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Jul. 26, 2000 |
Order Granting Continuance and Placing Case in Abeyance sent out. (parties to advise status by September 8, 2000)
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Jul. 24, 2000 |
Joint Motion to Hold in Abeyance. (filed via facsimile)
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Apr. 17, 2000 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions sent out.
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Apr. 17, 2000 |
Notice of Hearing sent out. (hearing set for August 4, 2000; 10:30 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL)
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Mar. 24, 2000 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Mar. 24, 2000 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Mar. 24, 2000 |
Agency Referral Letter filed.
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