Florida Psychiatrist Mark DeLuca Accused of Attempted Sexual Misconduct with Patient

September 3, 2025

On August 20, 2024, the Florida Department of Health (DoH) issued an Amended Administrative Complaint against psychiatrist Mark Deluca of Lake Worth, Florida.

The complaint states that Deluca attempted to engage in sexual misconduct with one of his patients.

The DoH’s document states the following:

At all times material to this Complaint, Deluca practiced at Advanced Mental Health Care (AMHC) in Juno Beach, Florida.

From in or around May 2022 through March 2023 (“treatment period”), Patient DB (“DB”), a then 30-year-old adult female, treated with Deluca at AMHC.

During her treatment period, DB initially met with Deluca once a week, and later once every two weeks.

On one or more occasions during DB’s treatment period, Deluca sent text messages to DB which were sexual in nature.

At all times material to the DoH’s complaint, Deluca was in a physician-patient relationship with DB.

Deluca used his professional relationship with DB to engage or attempt to engage DB in, or to induce or attempt to induce DB to engage in, verbal or physical sexual activity outside the scope of Deluca’s professional practice as a physician by sending DB sexual text messages on one or more occasions during the physician-patient relationship.

The DoH’s document states that the state Board of Medicine will determine what disciplinary action will be taken against Deluca’s medical license. Such disciplinary action could include permanent revocation or suspension of his license, restriction of his practice, imposition of an administrative fine, issuance of a reprimand, or other disciplinary actions that the Board deems appropriate.

Source: Amended Administrative Complaint, Department of Health v. Mark C. Deluca, M.D., Case Number 2023-28549, State of Florida Department of Health, August 20, 2024.