Florida licensing board accepts settlements, imposes suspensions, fines and revocations at general business meeting

The Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling on 2025 considered a series of disciplinary matters and accepted multiple settlement agreements and penalty recommendations, including two revocations and several suspensions tied to monitoring or completion of corrective actions.

The board accepted a settlement agreement in the case of Michael Zoda, LMFT, imposing a reprimand, $250 fine, targeted continuing-education requirements and an $8,000 cost assessment; it accepted a settlement for Nathaniel Jacob Wagner, LMHC, that included a reprimand and 15 hours of continuing education with waived fees. The board also voted to revoke two licenses — for William Jason Vejcik, LCSW, following guilty pleas to multiple cocaine-related felonies, and for Sarah Adina Turetsky, RMHCI, after findings that she documented providing telehealth psychotherapy to a minor on dates when she did not — and ordered fines and costs tied to those outcomes.

Why it matters: The actions affect clinicians’ ability to practice in Florida, signal the board’s reliance on criminal-conviction records and competency/ethics findings in imposing the highest penalties, and underscore the role of the Professionals Resource Network (PRN) monitoring program in discipline involving substance use.

Most consequential outcomes

- Revocations and large fines: The board voted to revoke the registration/license of Sarah Adina Turetsky, RMHCI, and assess the minimum statutorily required administrative fine for fraud cases ($10,000) and costs, based on findings that Turetsky signed progress notes indicating she provided telehealth therapy to a minor patient on multiple dates when she did not. The board also revoked William J. Vejcik’s LCSW license, citing felony convictions for sale/delivery and possession of cocaine; the board relied on the “danger to the public” aggravator and imposed a $1,000 administrative fine plus costs.

- PRN-related suspensions and monitoring: Casey Becker, LMHC, who entered a PRN (Professionals Resource Network) monitoring contract in 2021 and later tested positive on toxicology screens, received a reprimand and suspension until she is…