For quick launch: January 20, 2022 (22-010)
Contact: Sharon Moysiuk, Communications 360-549-6471
Public inquiries: Well being Techniques Buyer Service 360-236-4700
State disciplines well being care suppliers
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Division of Well being has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn prices in opposition to the next well being care suppliers in our state.
The division’s Well being Techniques High quality Assurance Division works with boards, commissions, and advisory committees to set licensing requirements for greater than 80 well being care professions (e.g., dentists, nurses, counselors). Details about disciplinary motion taken in opposition to medical docs and doctor assistants will be discovered on the Washington Medical Commission (WMC) website. Questions on WMC disciplinary actions will be despatched to media@wmc.wa.gov.
Details about well being care suppliers is on the company web site. Click on on “Look up a health care provider license” within the “How Do I?” part of the Department of Health website (doh.wa.gov). The location consists of details about a well being care supplier’s license standing, the expiration and renewal date of their credential, disciplinary actions and copies of authorized paperwork issued after July 1998. This data can also be out there by calling 360-236-4700. Shoppers who assume a well being care supplier acted unprofessionally are inspired to name and report their criticism.
Cowlitz County
In December 2021 the secretary of well being charged licensed medical 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 substance use dysfunction skilled trainee Douglas Paul Brown (CO60956432) with skilled misconduct. Brown allegedly misused managed substances.
Pierce County
In December 2021 the secretary of well being granted a substance use dysfunction skilled trainee license to Duane E. Serrano (CO61200074) and positioned him on probation for 2 years in an settlement that requires Serrano to have skilled supervision of his observe. Between 2001 and 2021, Serrano was convicted of a number of gross misdemeanors and felonies, together with assault and illegal possession of a firearm.
In September 2021 the Pharmacy Fee charged pharmacy technician Kasandra A. Oliver (VA60408886) with unprofessional conduct. Oliver allegedly diverted managed substances between Could 2020 and November 2020 from the pharmacy the place she labored.
Snohomish County
In December 2021 the secretary of well being granted company affiliated counselor David Jie Yao (CG61220461) a license and positioned him on probation for 3 years in an settlement that requires Yao to have skilled supervision of his observe. Yao was convicted of tried arson and theft in King County Superior Court docket in 2017.
In December 2021 the secretary of well being granted Melissa Michele Morato (CO61214960) a substance use dysfunction skilled trainee license and positioned her on probation for 2 years, in an settlement that requires Morato to have skilled supervision of her observe. Between 2019 and 2021 Morato was convicted of a number of gross misdemeanors, together with driving below the affect and assault.
Notice to Editors: Well being care suppliers charged with unprofessional conduct have 20 days to reply to the Division of Well being in writing. The case then enters the settlement course of. If no disciplinary settlement will be reached, the case will go to a listening to.
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