me STATE OF FLORIDA - =» DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH . ~ BOARD OF MASSAGE THERAPY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, . — : i : - : PETITIONER, . ! vs. : CASE NUMBER: 98-23036 MIRTA ISABEL OKONSKI, O [~ IG ql RESPONDENT. | ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT COMES NOW, the Petitioner, Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as “Petitioner,” and files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Massage Therapy against MIRTA ISABEL OKONSKI, hereinafter refétred to as “Respondent,” 1. “Effective J uy 1, 1997, Petitioner i is the state agency charged with regulating the practice oft massage > pursuant to ‘Section 20. 43, Florida Statutes Chapter 455, Florida Statutes; and Chapter 480, 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, hereinafter “Agency,” to provide consumer complaint, investigative, and prosecutorial services required by the Division of Medical Quality , Assurance, councils or boards, a as appropriate Respondent is, at all times material hereto a duly licensed massage . therapist, having be n issued license number MA 0008850. y Ue. 3. Respondent’s last known address i is 611 Woolbright Road, Boynton Beach, Florida 33435, 4. Onor about November 4, 1997 Respondent offered to masturbate a client. 5. The client was an undercover detective. | 6. The detective arrested the Respondent for prostitution. 7. The Respondent was charged with a criminal violation of Section 796.07 Florida Statutes in Palm Beach County, Florida County Court Case No. 97-026081 — MMA 04. 8. On May 7, 1998 the Respondent entered a guilty plea to the offense of soliciting prostitution (Florida Statutes 796.07) and adjudication was withheld, COUNT I 9. Petitioner repeats and re-alleges the allegations of paragraphs | through 8 _ . above. 10. Based on the foregoing, the Respondent has violated Section 480.046 (1) (c) Florida Statutes by being convicted or found guilty regardless of adjudication, of a crime in any jurisdiction which directly relates to the practice of massage or to the ability “to practice massage. i 4 ww wo: WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board of Massage Therapy enter an order i imposing one or more of the following penalties: 1 ‘evocation or suspension of the Respondent’ license, restriction of the Respondent’ $ practice, imposition ofa an administrative fine, issuance of a teprimand, placement of the Respondent on probation, assess costs of investigation and prosecution and/or any other relief that the Board deems - appropriate. SIGNED this | LM aay of ( Y ‘fs (ev , 1999. Robert G. Brooks, M.D. Secretary, Department of Health Nancy M. Snurkows Chief Attorney Agency for Health Care _ Administration PAUICOUNSEL FOR PETITIONER: ; Gary L. Asbell, Senior Attorney Agency for Health Care Administration | Practitioner Regulation - Legal , P.O. Box 14229 : Tallahassee, FL 32317-4229 ; = (850) 414-1981 c q- 28-99 FILED GLA/ffm / fi DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Marrigon gl Gran EPU . CLERK CLERK AipphanuaQ, Ww pare /0-(3- 55 [* : | t i

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