4
Jun

Florida Statutes Preventing Health Care Boards to Issue Licenses, Certificates or Registrations, or Reasons to Refuse to Admit Candidates for Exams

Health Care Fraud; Disqualification for License, Certificate, or Registration “Effective July 1, 2012, section 456.0635, Florida Statutes, provides that health care boards or the department shall refuse to issue a license, certificate or registration and shall refuse to admit a candidate for examination if the applicant: 1. Has been convicted of, or entered a plea […]

29
Apr

Florida Board of Dentistry’s Meeting Schedule for 2015

The following information was obtained on the Florida Board of Dentistry’s website.  The Florida Board of Dentistry meets four times per year. The full Board meetings include disciplinary cases, licensure approvals, correspondence items, committee reports, policy discussion items and other necessary Board action. Next Meeting: 1.  May 1, 2015 Probable Cause Panel with Reconsiderations Meeting […]

28
Oct

Florida Dentist Charged With Medicaid Fraud Is Suspended

In an article from the Tampa area in Pasco County, Florida, there was a report regarding a dentist accused of more than $140,000 in Medicaid billing fraud. Her license has been suspended. The 21-page arrest affidavit was filled with  horror stories about botched dental care.  Some of the allegations are sedating children for nonexistent cavities, having unlicensed […]

11
Sep

Florida Dentist Has License Suspended

An Ocala, Florida dentist was accused of giving children powerful sedatives for routine procedures. The Florida Department of Health placed him on an emergency suspension, reported baynews9 out of the Tampa, Florida area. The Florida Department of Health said the dentist used powerful drugs like Demerol and Versed to sedate his pediatric patients. In one case, the dentist gave a child […]

14
Aug

Controlled Substance Prescriber Registration in the State of Florida

The following appears on Florida Department of Health’s Website: Effective January 1, 2012 in accordance with s. 456.44(2), Florida Statutes, an allopathic physician licensed under chapter  458, an osteopathic physician licensed under chapter 459,  a podiatric physician licensed under chapter  461 or a dentist licensed under chapter 466 who prescribes any controlled  substance, listed in […]

29
Apr

Florida Statutes for Licensed Dentists Regarding Disciplinary Action

The following are just a small sampling (this is only one of three pages) of the statutes regarding grounds for disciplinary actions found on Florida’s Department of Health’s website under Dentistry. 466.028 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board.— (1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072 […]