oN , ws i] ee » 7 : coe FILED "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 00 HAY 1S AM 8:59 - DEPARTMENT O OF HEALTH, ) a) | PETITIONER, .) ) v. ) CASE NO. 1999-52745 ) DANIEL HAUSER, MD., ) ‘DE | ‘ “RESPONDENT. +) ). " ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT * COMES NOW the e- Petitioner, Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as “Petitioner,” and files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Medicine against “ Daniel Hauser, MD. hereinafter refered to oa “Respondent,” and alleges: 1. . Effective July 1, 1997, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the a practice of medicine ‘pursuant to Section 20. 43, Florida Statutes; Chapter 455, Florida Statutes, and a Chapter 458, “Florida Statutes. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 20. 430), Florida OB Statutes, the Petitioner has ‘contracted with the Agency for Health Care Administration to prvi t, i inv esti ative, AS 8 10. 8. Patient LF’ 's ~ did not have ; any prenat al | car Respondent even though the results of the chest x-ray indicated pneumonia. : ‘respirations | 18, pulse 125, and blood Pressure | 108/45. The normal range 0 of white blood cals i is blood cell count was elevated 2 at t 16. Even n though Patient L. F ‘not obtain an obste consultation. Respondent discharged Patient L. from the emergency ‘room with a diagnosis of ay viral syndrome and instructions to “drink plenty of fluids and take tylenol as needed.” _ Although Respondent recommended follow-up with a Personal Physician, there is no 3 ng 01 up ey was provided. : - ambulance with, b wheezing, difcaty breathing, cough productive of brown sputum, signs of dehydration, and mild: moderate respiratory distress. Patient L. F. was diagnosed with pneumonia, : leukopenia, hypoxia, hypokalemia, and hypoglycemia, She was intubated and developed acute re. Patient 1 LF’ ’s fetus was ‘subsequently removed by Cesarean section. 10. Patient L.F. died on February 14, 1999. ll. A reasonably prudent physician under similar conditions and circumstances would Ase have correctly interpreted the chest x-ray, provided a Proper 3 iagsis, and consequent offered _ adequate t treatment. 12 A reasonably prudent physician under similar conditions and circumstances would have provided adequate fo ow-up instructions and referrals to Patient LE 13. A reasonably prudent physician under similar conditions and circumstances would I . “” have obtained an obstetrical consultation. - 14. Areasonably prudent physician under similar conditions and circumstances would ah i fal ed to conecily diagnose F Patient L B; b { ‘the chest x-ray indicated ide. equa follow- “up instructions or referrals to Patient LF; “ °) he failed to © notify Patient LE “of the chest X-ray rests, as s interpreted by the radiologist; fy he failed to review the radiolog: eport. - : 17. ‘Based on the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section 458. 33100, Florida ‘ Statutes, by failing to practice medicine with that level ‘ofc care, ‘skill, and treatment which is -__ Fecognized by a reasonably ‘Prudent similar physician as being acceptable under similar re ‘conditions and circumstances. RYMENT OF HEALTH EPUTY CLERK Rowe Comba thryn L. hief Medical Attomey ‘COUNSELFOR DEPARTMENT: % ~, on Chief Medical Attorney _ ’ Agency for Health Care Administration ~ P.O. Box 14229 PCP: March 24, 2000 PCP Members: Winchester, McMillin

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