Received Event (Event Succeeded) Date: 6/28/00 LY . Time: N A 710 AM ile’ a Sondor: Remote G$lBs_2929 11:19 AHCA P.@5 . _ STATE OF FLORIDA . = DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH _.- * DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ) : x PETITIONER, } 00- 2 b a ) ; v. ) CASE NO. 1999-01813 ) KARL WILLIAM LANGLOTZ, T.T., ) ) RESPONDENT. _) ee) a ' AD ‘RA’ COMP) N , COMES NOW the Petitioner, Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as “Petitioner,” and files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Respiratory Care against Kar] William Langlotz, T.T,, hereinafter referred to as “Respondent,” and alleges: 1. Effective July 1, 1997, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the Practice of respiratory care pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes; Chapter 455, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 468, Part V, Florida Statutes. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 20.43(3), 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 appropmiate. 2. Respondent is and has been at all times material hereto a licensed respiratory care practitioner in the state of Florida, having been issued license number TT 0009213. Respondent’s last known address is 6023B Fair Oaks Drive, Frederick, Maryland 21703-7019. 3. On or about January 8, 1997, Respondent entered into an Advocacy Contract with Physician’s Resource Network (hereinafter referred to as “PRN”). . Received Event (Event Succeeded) Date: 6/28/00 . Time: 1:10 AM V7ae’ I] Sandor: Remote. GSHB-2aaa 11:19 AHCA P.@6 em 4. PRN is the impaired practitioners program, pursuant to Section 455.707, Floriday. Statutes. PRN is an independent program that monitors the evaldation, care and treatment of impaired healthcare professionals. PRN oversees random drug screens and provides for the exchange of information between the treatment providers, PRN and the Department, for the protection of the public. Raymond M. Pomm, M.D. is the Medical Director of the PRN and is charged with responsibility for the oversight of the program and documentation of compliance and noncompliance with monitoring PRN contracts. — 5. The PRN contract provided that Respondent would: a) submit to random urine ” drug or blood Screens; b) abstain from any use of drugs or alcohol; c) notify PRN of the use of any drugs or alcohol; d) notify PRN of any changes in address; and, e) withdraw from practice for evaluation at the request of PRN if any problems develop. 6. In a final order dated February 10, 1997, the Advisory Council on Respiratory Care of the Florida Board of Medicine (hereinafter “the Council”) certified Respondent for licensure but placed his license on probation. The Council placed Respondent’s license on probation because Respondent entered a plea to marijuana possession in 1995 in the state of Maryland. 7. Under the terms of Respondent’s probation, he was required to remain on an Advocacy Contract with PRN until PRN determined that monitoring was no longer necessary, but under no circumstances for less than two (2) years. 8. During the probationary period on or about October 28, 1998, Respondent submitted a urine specimen, which tested positive for cocaine. 9. In response to the positive urine specimen, PRN recommended that Respondent : undergo substance abuse evaluation, but he has refused to undergo such evaluation. Received Event (Event Succeeded) Date: 6/28/00 . . Time: 1:10 AM Pade’ lj Sondor: Remote G$!B3-2aaa 11:19 AHCA P.O? . 3 COUNT ONE ° — 10. Petitioner realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through nine (9), as if fully set forth herein this Count One. 11. Respondent failed to perform a statutory or legal obligation placed upon a respiratory care practitioner in that he failed to comply with his PRN Advocacy Contract as required under the terms of his probation outlined in the Final Order dated February 10, 1997, 12. Based upon the foregoing, Respondent violated Section 468,365(1)(@n), Florida ” Statutes, by failing to perform any statutory or legal obligation placed upon a respiratory care practitioner or respiratory therapist licensed pursuant to Chapter 468, Part V, Florida Statutes, COUNT TWO 13. Petitioner realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through nine (9) and paragraph eleven (11), as if fully set forth herein this Count Two. 14. Respondent is unable to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness or use of alcohol, drugs, narcotics, chemicals, or any other type of > , material or as a result of any mental or physical condition, in that Respondent tested positive for cocaine on or about October 28, 1998, and has refused to undergo further evaluation for substance abuse, 15. Based on the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section 468.365(1)(x), Florida Statutes, by being unable to practice respiratory care services with reasonable skill and safety to patients by reason of illness or use of alcohol; drugs, narcotics, chemicals, or any other type of material or as a result of any mental or physical condition. Received Event (Event Succeeded) Date:. 6/28/00 . Time: :10 AM Pale i] Sondor: | RemoteG$lBs-2na9 11:19 AHCA P.@8 a oe bai WHEREFORE, the Petitioner respectfully requests the Board of Respiratory Care enter an order imposing one or more of the following penalties: permanent 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, the assessment of costs related to the investigation and prosecution of this case as provided for in Section 455.624(4), Florida Statutes, and/or any other relief that the Board deems appropriate. SIGNED this /OY*day of ligne, , 2000, -- . Robert G. Brooks, M.D., Secretary COUNSEL FOR DEPARTMENT: Kathryn L. Kasprzak Chief Medical Attorney Agency for Health Care Administration P. O. Box 14229 Tallahassee, Florida 32317-4229 Florida Bar # 0937819 DEPARTMENT OF HEALT ; PCP: April 6, 2000 CLERK chi PV ime PCP Members: Nunez, Johnson DATE_4] | \ ole .

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