For quick launch: January 20, 2022   (22-010)

Get in touch with:  Sharon Moysiuk, Communications   360-549-6471
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Public inquiries: Health Techniques Shopper Service   360-236-4700

Condition disciplines health care providers            

OLYMPIA — The Washington Condition Division of Overall health has taken disciplinary steps or withdrawn charges versus the subsequent wellness care suppliers in our state.

The department’s Wellbeing Units High quality Assurance Division is effective with boards, commissions, and advisory committees to established licensing expectations for a lot more than 80 wellness care professions (e.g., dentists, nurses, counselors). Information and facts about disciplinary action taken against healthcare medical practitioners and medical doctor assistants can be discovered on the Washington Clinical Fee (WMC) internet site. Thoughts about WMC disciplinary steps can be despatched to [email protected].

Facts about well being care suppliers is on the agency website. Simply click on “Search up a health treatment supplier license” in the “How Do I?” section of the Department of Well being web site (doh.wa.gov). The web-site includes information and facts about a health care provider’s license position, the expiration and renewal date of their credential, disciplinary actions and copies of authorized files issued after July 1998. This facts is also offered by calling 360-236-4700. Buyers who think a overall health care provider acted unprofessionally are encouraged to phone and report their grievance.

Cowlitz County

In December 2021 the secretary of wellness billed qualified healthcare assistant Michelle Nicole Luton (CM.60442747) with unprofessional conduct for allegedly training with an expired license.

Kitsap County

In December 2021 the secretary of well being charged compound use dysfunction professional trainee Douglas Paul Brown (CO60956432) with qualified misconduct. Brown allegedly misused controlled substances.

Pierce County

In December 2021 the secretary of overall health granted a compound use ailment specialist trainee license to Duane E. Serrano (CO61200074) and placed him on probation for two years in an settlement that requires Serrano to have expert supervision of his practice….