Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Respondent: ANTOINETTE LOUISE LLOYD, M.D.
Judges: LISA SHEARER NELSON
Agency: Department of Health
Locations: Jacksonville, Florida
Filed: Oct. 01, 2010
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, December 23, 2010.
Latest Update: Dec. 24, 2024
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STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DEPARTMENT QF HEALTH,
PETITIONER, |
Vv. CASE NO, 2009-15096
ANTOINETTE LOUISE LLOYD, M.D., :
RESPONDENT,
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Department of Health, by and through undersigned
counsel, files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of
Medicine against Respondent, Antoinette Louise Lloyd, MD., and in
support thereof alleges: :
1. Petitioner is the state department charged with regulating
the practice of medicine pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes;
Chapter 456, Florida Statutes; and Chapter 458, Florida Statutes.
2, At ail times material to this Complaint, Respondent
was a licensed physician within the state of Florida, having been
issued license number 58238,
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3. Respondent's address of record is 664 Kingsley Avenue,
Suite 106, Orange Park, Florida 32073,
4, Section 3384 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C,
2541) authorized the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
provide applicants selected to be participants in the National Health
Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program with scholarship awards,
5. On or about August 23, 1982, Respondent signed a
program contract (hereinafter “contract”) with the NHSC scholarship
program for the 1982-1983 school year, | :
6. The contract required Respondent, in return. for the
scholarship award, to provide health services ina manner determined
by the Secretary for a period of obligated! service equal: to oe year
* for each year of scholarship award received,
7. The contract further stated in Section C, 2, that if the
applicant fails to. begin or complete the period of obligated service
incurred under the contract for any reason other than those is
paragraph 1 of the section, the United States shall be entitled to
recover an amount equal to three times the scholarship funds
awarded, plus interest.
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8. On of about May 19, 1983, Respondent signed an
Amendment of the NHSC Scholarship contract, which granted
Respondent an aclditional scholarship award for the 1983-1964 and
1984-1985 school years.
9. By accepting the additional award, Respondent agreed to
comply with the provisions of the initial scnolarship signed on August
23, 1982, , !
10. Respondent failed to complete her period of obligated
service as required by the contract, :
11. On or about duly 29, 1996, the United States Attorney for
the Middle District of Florida filed a complaint against Respondent, in
Case number 96-814-CIV-3-20, due to her breach of the NHSC
contract. : |
, 12, Respondent's financial obligation for support received
under the NHSC Program totaled $54,331.00 at that time. :
13. Due to Respondent's breach of the NHSC contract,
Respondent's indebtedness to the United States was in the amount of
$255,862.11 as of June 30, 1996.
14. On or about November 25, 1997, United States District
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Judge of the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida,
Jacksonville Division, issued an amended judgment in favor of the
Plaintiff, United States of America, against Respondent in the amount
of $270,905.57. |
15, On or about December 1, 1997, the United States of
America and Respondent entered into a settlement agreement,
16, Pursuant to the agreement, the United States soreed that
Respondent would perform 552 days of full-time clinical services asa
family practitioner at Springfield Family Health. Center (SFHC) in
Springfield, South Carolina ‘in full satisfaction of the judgment: The
agreement states that if Respondent fails to complete 552 days of
service at the SFHC, the United States will file a partial satisfaction of
judgment statement in an amount determined in accordance with
paragraph (5) of the agreement, and will immediately commence
~ execution on the remaining judgment amount still owing, |
17. Ina letter dated on or about duly 8, 2009, Cassancira L.
Mitchell, Supervisory Paralegal Specialist in the Financial Litigation
Unit of the Office of the United States Attorney, informed the
Department that Respondent failed to complete required service
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hours per the NHSC program. As a result, Ms. Mitchell requested
that the Department open an investigative repart on Respondent.
18. Respondent currently owes a balance of $430,982.34 on
her NHSC debt. :
19. The last payment Respondent made toward her debt was
on or about August 20, 2008.
20. In a letter dated on or about July 27, 200¢, the
Department notified Respondent that it received information that she
defaulted on a student loan that was issued or guaranteed by the
State or Federal government, or a service conditional scholarship or
loan repayment agreement. The letter further informed Respondent
that she was.to send proof that she cbtained new payment terms
from her lender within 45 days, or her license to practice medicine
may be suspended via an emergency suspension order.
21. Although Respondent. wrote a response to the
Department stating that she was attempting to reach a settlement
with the Department of Justice, to date, Respondent has not.
submitted proof of new payment terms for her defaulted loan and/or
a new settlement agreement.
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22. Section 456. 972¢1)(K), Florida Statutes (2009), provides
that failing to perform any statutory or legal obligation placed upon a
licensee constitutes grounds for disciplinary action by the Board of
Medicine. For purposes of the aforementioned statutory section,
failing to repay a student: loan issued or guaranteed by the state or
the Federal Government in accordance with the terms of the loan or
failing to comply with service scholarship obligations sha be
considered a failure to perform a statutory or legal obligation.
23. At some point after August 20, 2008, Respor ident
defaulted on her loan resulting from her failure to comply with the
service obligations of the NHSC contract signed on August 23, 1982,
and May 19, 1983. |
24, Based on the foregoing, Respondent has Violated Section
456.072(1)(k), Florida Statutes (2009), by failing to perform a
statutory or legal obligation.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board of
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Medicine enter an order imposing one or more of the following
penalties: permanent revocation or suspension of Respondent’s
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license, restriction of practice, imposition of an administrative fine,
issuance of a reprimand, placement of Respondent on probation,
corrective action, refund of fees billed or collected, remedial
education and/or any other relief that the Board deems appropriate.
DONE and ORDERED this_ <7" cay of ayy
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2010.
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ANTOINETTE LOUISE LLOYD, M.D. CASE NO. 2009-15096
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NOTICE OF RIGHTS |
Respondent has the right to request a hearing to be
conducted in accordance with Section 120.569 and 120.57,
Florida Statutes, to be represented by counsel or other
qualified representative, to present evidence and ar ument,
to call and cross-examine witnesses and to have subpoena
and subpoena duces tecum issued on his or her be lalf if a
hearing is requested.
NOTICE REGARDING ASSESSMENT OF COSTS”
Respondent is placed on notice that Petitioner has
incurred costs related to the investigation and prosecution of
this matter. Pursuant to Section 456.072(4), Florida
Statutes, the Board shall assess costs related to the
investigation and prosecution of a disciplinary matter, which
may include attorney hours and costs, on the Respondent in
addition to any other discipline imposed.
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Docket for Case No: 10-009418PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Dec. 23, 2010 |
Order Relinquishing Jurisdiction and Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Dec. 22, 2010 |
Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction filed.
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Dec. 20, 2010 |
Petitioner's Motion to Compel filed.
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Nov. 16, 2010 |
Order Re-scheduling Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for January 26, 2011; 11:30 a.m.; Jacksonville and Tallahassee, FL).
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Nov. 15, 2010 |
Response to Order Granting Motion for Continuance filed.
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Nov. 12, 2010 |
Order Granting Continuance (parties to advise status by November 15, 2010).
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Nov. 09, 2010 |
CASE STATUS: Motion Hearing Held. |
Nov. 04, 2010 |
Notice of Serving Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories, First Request for Admissions and Production of Documents to Respondent filed.
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Nov. 03, 2010 |
Petitioner's Motion for Continuance, or in the Alternative, Motion for Shortening the Time for Discovery filed.
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Nov. 03, 2010 |
Notice of Appearance of Counsel (filed by R. Milne).
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Oct. 06, 2010 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Oct. 06, 2010 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for December 8, 2010; 9:30 a.m.; Jacksonville and Tallahassee, FL).
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Oct. 06, 2010 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Oct. 04, 2010 |
Initial Order.
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Oct. 01, 2010 |
Notice of Appearance (filed by E. Jones).
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Oct. 01, 2010 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Oct. 01, 2010 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Oct. 01, 2010 |
Agency referral filed.
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