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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BOARD OF MEDICINE vs JAMES D. GODWIN, III, M.D., 08-001635PL (2008)
Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed:Tallahassee, Florida Apr. 04, 2008 Number: 08-001635PL Latest Update: Nov. 19, 2024
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DIVISION OF REAL ESTATE vs MARY K. CONNER, 93-006802 (1993)
Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed:Orlando, Florida Nov. 24, 1993 Number: 93-006802 Latest Update: Dec. 02, 1994

Findings Of Fact Petitioner is the state licensing and regulatory agency charged with the responsibility and duty to prosecute licensees under Chapters 455 and 475, Florida Statutes. Respondent holds Florida real estate license 0315624. Until May 25, 1993, Respondent was licensed as a salesperson with Richard J. Moncello, Monard Realty and Investments, 4241 John Young Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32804. The fee arrangement between Respondent and Mr. Moncello provided that Respondent received 90 percent of the commission on her transactions and Mr. Moncello received 10 percent. Respondent and Mr. Moncello had been friends since 1982. On April 21, 1993, Respondent negotiated a contract between Mr. and Mr. Jerrod Zlatkiss, sellers, and Ms. Julie B. Maienzi, buyer, for the purchase of real property for $42,000. Mr. Moncello had no knowledge of the transaction. Respondent was in the employ of Mr. Moncello at the time. The transaction closed on April 27, 1993. The total commission due from the sellers was $1,567.57. Of that amount, Mr. Moncello was entitled to $156.75 under the fee arrangement between Respondent and Mr. Moncello. At the closing, the closing agent issued check number 8422 for $567.57 to Respondent in part payment of the commission due from the sellers. The buyer executed a promissory note for $1,000 in favor of Respondent. Respondent delivered the check for $567.57 to Respondent's mother. Respondent's mother deposited the check to her account and subsequently issued a check to Mr. Moncello for $57.00. Respondent did not have a checking account. Her mother took care of Respondent's affairs. Respondent had been injured in an automobile accident and was taking prescription drugs for pain. She was incapable of operating a motor vehicle and had to be driven to and from the closing. Respondent has little or no recollection of the events surrounding the transaction in question, including the day of closing. Mr. Moncello subsequently discovered the transaction and terminated Respondent. The amount due and owing Mr. Moncello is $100. Respondent has caused the buyers to execute a new mortgage note in favor of Monard Investors Services, Inc., in the amount of $1,000.

Recommendation Based upon the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, it is RECOMMENDED that Respondent be found not guilty of violating Section 475.25(1)(b), Florida Statutes. It is further recommended that Respondent be found guilty of violating Sections 475.25(1)(a) and 475.42(1)(b), be reprimanded and placed on probation for one year. DONE and ENTERED this 25th day of April, 1994, in Tallahassee, Florida. DANIEL MANRY Hearing Officer Division of Administrative Hearings The Oakland Building 2009 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1550 (904) 488-9675 Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 25th day of April, 1994. APPENDIX TO RECOMMENDED ORDER, CASE NO. 83-6802 Petitioner's Proposed Findings of Fact 1-15 Accepted in substance Respondents' Proposed Findings of Fact Respondent did not submit proposed findings of fact COPIES FURNISHED: Ms. Mary K. Conner, pro se 522 Orange Drive, #16 Altamonte Springs, Florida 32701 James H. Gillis, Esquire Senior Attorney Florid Department of Business and Professional Regulation Division of Real Estate Legal Section-Suite N308 400 W. Robinson Street, North Tower Orlando, Florida 32801-1772 Darlene F. Keller Division Director Division of Real Estate Department of Professional Regulation 400 West Robinson Street Post Office Box 1900 Orlando, Florida 32802-1900 Jack McRay, Esquire Acting General Counsel Department of Professional Regulation 1940 N. Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0729

Florida Laws (3) 120.57475.25475.42
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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE vs PHILIP JEROME ALEONG, D.V.M., 06-002717PL (2006)
Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Filed:Lauderdale Lakes, Florida Jul. 27, 2006 Number: 06-002717PL Latest Update: Mar. 20, 2007

The Issue The issue in this case is whether Respondent, Phillip J. Aleong, D.V.M., violated Section 474.214(1)(f), Florida Statutes (2005), by failing to pay an administrative fine and investigative costs within 30 days from the date of the filing of Final Order BPR-2005-04911 with Petitioner's Clerk as alleged in an Administrative Complaint filed by Petitioner, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, on June 26, 2006, in BPR Case Number 2005-066424; and, if so, what disciplinary action should be taken against his license to practice veterinary medicine in the State of Florida.

Findings Of Fact The following facts were stipulated to by the parties: Respondent is licensed in the State of Florida as a veterinarian, having been issued license number VM-6466. On September 1, 2005, Respondent appeared before the Florida Board of Veterinary Medicine to approve a Settlement Stipulation as to DOAH Case No. 05-1971PL. At the hearing, the terms of the Settlement Stipulation (herein after the "Stipulation") were placed on the record and the members of the Board voted to approve the settlement. On September 9, 2005, the Florida Board of Veterinary Medicine rendered the Final order Approving Settlement Stipulation Number BPR-2005-04911 (herein after the "Final Order") against Respondent's veterinary license, by filing the original Final Order with the Department's Agency Clerk. A copy of the Final Order was mailed to Respondent's Counsel. However, a copy was not sent or mailed directly to the Respondent. The Settlement Stipulation, as adopted by the Final Order, amongst other terms, required Respondent to pay an administrative fine in the amount of $5000.00 and investigative costs in the amount of $479.76 within thirty (30) days from the date of filing the Final Order with the Department's Agency Clerk. As the Final Order was filed with the Agency Clerk on Setpember [sic] 9, 2005, Respondent's compliance with the payment terms of the Final Order was required on or before October 9, 2005. Pursuant to the Final Order and the Stipulation Agreement incorporated therein by reference, Petitioner and Respondent agreed that Respondent's veterinarian license would be suspended for 90 days in the event that Respondent failed to comply with the terms of the Settlement Stipulation or the Final Order. Respondent was aware of this penalty provision at the time of signing the agreement, was present as the time of its adoption by the Florida Board of Veterinary Medicine, and was aware that the sums would be due 30 days after the Board signed the Final Order itself which was to occur sometime after the September 1, 2005 meeting. Respondent failed to remit payment of the administrative fine and cost required under the Final Order by October 9, 2005. On December 27, 2005, the DBPR mailed Respondent an investigatory complaint placing Respondent on notice that the fine had not been paid. The computer printout attached to the investigatory complaint, as well as the handwritten complaint generated by the Petitioner, both of which were included therein allege that Respondent had not paid the fine. Neither document asserts that the Respondent failed to remit the costs, however, a copy of the Stipulation and Order were included with the investigatory complaint. On January 12, 2006, after receipt of the investigatory [sic] complaint, Respondent paid the fine. Respondent paid the costs on May 8, 2006. On June 26 2006, after both the fine and costs were paid in full, Petitioner filed this proceeding alleging that the fine and costs had not been paid. Petitioner has stated that it has not located any cases in its records where a fine was imposed, then paid late, in which an administrative complaint was not filed. However, Petitioner is unable to offer testimony, with absolute certainty, that prior to the administrative complaint filed in this matter, that all other veterinarians have paid fines assessed in a final order by their due date. Petitioner has not found any evidence indicating that it has ever filed an administrative complaint against a party for failure to timely pay an imposed fine, after said fine was paid by the party. Petitioner has found no evidence contrary to or may otherwise reasonably dispute that the administrative complaint against a party for failure to timely pay an imposed fine, after said fine was paid by the party. The facts in Final Order BPR-95-05774 (Exhibit "B") and Final Order BPR-2003-02869 (Exhibit "C") are distinguishable from the facts of this case.

Recommendation Based on the foregoing Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, it is RECOMMENDED that a final order be entered by the Board of Veterinary Medicine finding that Phillip J. Aleong, D.V.M., has violated Section 474.214(1)(f), Florida Statutes, as described in this Recommended Order, and requiring that he pay an administrative fine of $2,000.00. DONE AND ENTERED this 5th day of January, 2007, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. S LARRY J. SARTIN Administrative Law Judge Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060 (850) 488-9675 SUNCOM 278-9675 Fax Filing (850) 921-6847 www.doah.state.fl.us Filed with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 5th day of January, 2007. COPIES FURNISHED: Drew Winters, Esquire Department of Business and Professional Regulation 1940 North Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202 Bradford J. Beilly, Esquire Law Offices of Bradford J. Beilly, P.A. 1144 Southeast Third Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316 Juanita Chastain, Executive Director Board of Veterinary Medicine Department of Business and Professional Regulation 1940 North Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0792 Josefina Tamayo, General Counsel Department of Business and Professional Regulation 1940 North Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0792

Florida Laws (3) 120.569120.57474.214
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JEROME BRODSKY vs. CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION, 82-001788 (1982)
Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Number: 82-001788 Latest Update: May 09, 1983

The Issue The issue presented here concerns the question of the entitlement of Petitioner to be granted certification as a law enforcement officer under the provisions of Section 943.13, Florida Statutes, and Chapter 11B-16, Florida Administrative Code. In particular, the matter to be determined deals with the propriety of the denial of certification in the face of an arrest and conviction of Petitioner for a felony offense, which allegedly would cause the Petitioner to be rejected as an applicant for certification. The denial of licensure is purportedly in keeping with the dictates of Subsection 943.13(4), Florida Statutes.

Findings Of Fact Petitioner had made application to be certified as a law enforcement officer in the State of Florida, in keeping with the terms and conditions of Subsection 943.13, Florida Statutes. See Respondent's Exhibit No. 1, admitted into evidence. Petitioner has completed all administrative requirements for such licensure; however, he has been denied licensure based upon his arrest, a finding of guilt and judgment and sentence related to a charge of conspiracy to transport a stolen vehicle in Interstate Commerce and Foreign Commerce from New York, New York, to Miami, Florida, and from Miami, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, knowing that the motor vehicle had been stolen. This offense related to Title XVIII, Sections 2312 and 2371, U.S.C., in an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Case No. 8519-M-CR. For these matters the Petitioner was imprisoned for a period of two (2) years on two (2) counts of the indictment, Counts 3 and 6. The sentence in those counts was to run concurrently. See Respondent's Exhibit No. 2, admitted into evidence. Petitioner has had his civil rights restored in the State of Florida, together with his rights to own, possess and use a firearm. Federal firearms disability arising from the felony conviction have also been set aside. See Petitioner's Exhibit Nos. 1 through 3, respectively, admitted into evidence.

Florida Laws (2) 120.57943.13
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