. : . pe te pe , STATE OF FLORIDA oe p DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 01 Ww 12 p | : M3: og DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DViSivi ¢ 26 ADM] ‘ Ay rf Petitioner, Hea Ik ‘ATIVE vs. | Case No. 2000-09514 DEBBIE ANN FRITZLER Respondent. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT COMES NOW, Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, by and through its undersigned counsel and files this administrative complaint before the Board of Nursing against the Respondent, DEBBIE ANN FRITZLER, and in support thereof alleges: 1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of nursing pursuant to Chapters 20, 456, and 464, 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 complaint, investigative and prosecutorial services required by the Division of Medicai Quality Assurance, councils or boards, as appropriate, including the issuance of emergency orders of suspension or restriction. 3. Respondent is and has been at all times material hereto, a licensed REGISTERED NURSE in the State of Florida, having been issued license number 2107222. 4, Respondent's last known address is 106 Seaclusion Circle, Panama City, Florida 32413. , ad Y 3 uJune 40, 2000, while employed by Bay Medical Center, 5. “On gral - Respondent practiced ‘below the minimal acceptable standards of prevailing nursing practice, to wit: . This Nurse, DEBBIE ANN FRITZLER, while working at Bay Medical Center, in Panama City, Florida, administered Lasix with no physician’s order ; prior to that in February of 1998, Respondent gave a patient Demerol/Vistarit/Atropine for pre-Gl prociedure with no physician's order; prior to that in March of 1996, Respondent fed a patient orally, although there was a physician's order requiring the patient to be fed with a feeding tube. 6. Based on the foregoing, Respondent is subject to discipline pursuant to section 464.018(1)(h), Florida Statutes, by unprofessional conduct by failing to conform to the minimal acceptable standards of prevailing nursing practice. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully request that the Board of Nursing enter an Order imposing one or more of the following penalties: Revocation or suspension of Respondent's license, imposition of an administrative fine, issuance of a reprimand, placement of the Respondent on probation, costs, and/or any other relief that the Board deems appropriate. Signed this Waday of NOOQWilase _, 2000. Robert G. Brooks, M.D. Ith BY: Nancy Snurkowski, Chief Attorney On Behalf of the Agency for Health Care Administration COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER: Michael E. Duclos, Senior Attorney FBN: 0274046 Agency for Health Care Administration Allied Health Section Post Office Box 14229 Tallahassee, Florida 32317-4229 (850) 414 - 8576 MED/med = PCP yeaa pom:/4/s¢/2 oe _ FILED DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DEPUTY CLERK coe

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