STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BOARD OF CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, Petitioner, vs. ; AHCA Case Number: 2000-05516 PATTIL. WILLIAMS, O\- tO\ APL Respondent. / it ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT __ Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, hereinafter referred to as “Petitioner,” files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, against PATTI L. WILLIAMS, hereinafter referred to as “Respondent,” and alleges: 1. Effective July 1, 1997, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the profession of marriage and family therapy pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes, Chapter 456, Florida Statutes (formerly Chapter 455, Part I; see Chapter 2000-160, Laws of Florida), and Chapter 491, Florida Statutes. Pursuant to Section 20.43(3)(g), Florida Statutes, the Department 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 appropriate. 2. Respondent is, and has been at all times material hereto, a Marriage and Family Therapist, licensed in the State of Florida, having been issued license number MT 1416. 3. The last address of record of the Respondent is 1416 C West 16" Street, Panama City, Flerida 32405. : 4, Onor about July 1997, the Respondent began providing family counseling services to PD and her husband, RD. | 5. _ Throughout | 1998 and 1999, the Respondent also provided counseling to PD’s children. 6. Beginning i in \ January 1998, ’ the Respondent began providing private practice counseling sessions in a property (810 Grace Avenue, Panama City, FL) owned by PD and RD. ndent was an in original incorporator and president of Future Choices, Inc. The ing with Future Choices, Inc. The “Post Office Box Tallahassee, Florida 32317-4229 ate © (850) 487-9694 ee SN, Becher, Rede Respondent relocated her private practice and the business operation of Future Choices, Inc. to 810 Grace Avenue, Panama City, Florida. of Future Choices, Inc. 9. The Respondent demonstrated poor professional judgment by entering into a landlord-terz relationship with clients PD and RD and by allowing PD to become a Director and ‘an ie employee of her business. It is the responsibility of the licensed professional to establish and define boundaries in any potential dual relationship with a client or former client. Based on the foregoing, the Respondent is subject to discipline for violation of Section 491.009(2)(s), Florida Statutes, by failing to meet minimum standards of performance in professional activities. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling to enter an order i imposing one or more of the following penalties: revocation or suspension of the Respondent’s license; restriction of Respondent’s practice; imposition of an administrative fine; issuance of a reprimand; placement of the Respondent’s license on probation for a period of time and subject to terms and/or conditions s imposed by the Board; and/or any other relief that the Board deems appropriate. SIGNED this | bY h day of 2001. Robert G. Brooks, M. D. Secretary, Department of sL By: i y: Nancy M. Snurkowski Chief Attorney Practitioner Regulation — Legal General Counsel’s Office -MQA COUNSEL FOR PETITIONER: . _ Deborah B. Loucks ¥ Senior Attomey Florida Bar Number 0169889 : . ; FILED EALTH Agency for Health Care Administration ; DEPARTMENS OF aK Practitioner Regulation — Legal DEPUTY Cul General Counsel’s Office - MQA _ , seeypree fe REET ere oe”

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