STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - QOMAR 17 ANAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ee YH » 4,2 4 ‘on § Petitioner, ; ; as) - IS oa oS he vs. CASENO.: 97-09266 ANGELA COATES, Respondent. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, hereinafter referred to as “Petitioner,” files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Optometry against ANGELA COATES, hereinafter referred to as “Respondent,” and alleges: . 1. Effective July 1, 1997, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of Optometry pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes, Chapter 455, Florida Statutes; and Chapter 463, Florida Statutes. 2 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 cotriplaint, investigative, and prosecutorial s¢ services required by the Division of Medical Quality Assurance, councils or boards, as = appropriate, including the i issuance - of eme gen y orders of suspension or restriction. _ Respondent is, and has been a at all times 5s material hereto, a licensed po is Optometrist, having been issued license number OP 0002342. adent’s last known address i is ; Post Office Box 770965, Coral , Springs, F Florida 33077- 0965. 4 RECEIVED - LEGA? . tee “and the purpose for VU . . VU os + 5. On or about March 2, 1996, Respondent performed an eye examination on patient TML. 6. Optometrists are required to perform a dilated fundus examination during _ apatient’s initial presentation and thereafter whenever medically indicated. Failure to do so constitutes a failure to perform minimum procedures for vision analysis. 7. The Respondent failed to perform a dilated fundus examination of patient TML because the patient refused the procedure. 8. The Respondent failed to note in the patient’s records, justification supporting that dilation was not medically indicated. 9. An examination for vision analysis shall include, among other things, an internal examination (direct or indirect ophthalmoscopy recording cup disc ratio, blood vessel status and any abnormalities) and shall be recorded on the patient’s case record. 10. Contrary to the normal office procedure, the Respondent handwrote a prescription form and failed to note in the patient’s record who requested the prescription @ handwritten script. 11. Based on n the foregoing, the Respondent” s license to practice Optometry “in the State of Florida i is subject to discipline as authority to adopt. rules governing the standards of practice and minimum procedures for visual examination are granted to the - . ” Board of Optometry through 8 Section 463. 005(1)(@) and ©. Florida Statutes, for violation of Section 463, 01 6(1)00, Florida Statutes, by failing to keep written optomettic records about the examination, treatment, and prescriptions for patients; Section 463.016(h), Florida Statutes, through a violation of | 4B 13-3, -3. 010(10)(@), Florida Administrative Code, by fling to perform a dilated fandus examination or documenting instiiaton for Re me ioe ad . WW failing to dilate in the patient’s case record; and Section 463.016(1)(h), Florida Statutes, through a violation of Rule 64B13-3.007(2)(f), Florida Administrative Code, by failing to perform and record an internal examination. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board of Optometry to enter an Order imposing one or more of the following penalties: revocation or suspension of license, 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. SIGNED ie a A_day of L i { nt } \__, 2000. Robert G. Brooks, M.D. Secretary, Department of Health By Nancy Snurkowski, Chief Attorney Practitioner Regulation-Legal Deborah B. Loucks © Senior Attorney Agency for Health Care Administration General Counsel’s Office-MQA Practitioner Regulation-Legal cee OEPGTY eA P.O. Box 14229 ye Tallahassee, Florida 32317-4229 CLERK Wehi R Marx “” (850) 487-9694 , pate | 3 Ilo - A900 | rer Dake: fe: Afypacee EE ACRES FRI ER EO TY RP ore s

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