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For immediate release: June 7, 2017 (17-084)
Contact: Sharon Moysiuk, Strategic Communications Office, 360-549-6471
Public Inquiries: Health Systems Customer Service, 360-236-4700
State disciplines
health care providers
OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against health care providers in our state.
The department’s Health Systems
Quality Assurance Division works with boards, commissions, and advisory
committees to set licensing standards for more than 80 health care professions
(e.g., medical doctors, nurses, counselors).
Information
about health care providers is on the agency website. Click on “Look up a health care provider license” in the “How Do I?” section of the Department
of Health website (doh.wa.gov). The
site includes information about a health care provider’s license status, the
expiration and renewal date of their credential, disciplinary actions and
copies of legal documents issued after July 1998. This information is also
available by calling 360-236-4700. Consumers who think a health care provider
acted unprofessionally are encouraged to call and report their complaint.
Benton County
In May 2017 the Nursing
Commission ended probation for licensed practical nurse Carol Leann Decker
(LP60198930).
Clark
County
In May 2017 the Chiropractic Commission charged
chiropractor Perrin H. Guyton III (CH00033848) with unprofessional
conduct. Guyton allegedly inappropriately touched and spoke to patients.
Grays
Harbor County
In May 2017 the Osteopathic Board charged
osteopathic physician Daniel J. Canfield (OP00001772) with being unable
to practice with reasonable skill and safety. Charges say an evaluation found
Canfield to have serious health conditions that make it difficult for him to
function as a physician.
King
County
In May 2017 the Chiropractic Commission entered an
agreement with chiropractor Jeffrey Parton
(CH00033826) that places him on probation for at least five years. Parton must
pay a $12,000 fine and receive and pay for clinical consultation
in billing and coding, documentation, and radiographic techniques. Parton must also
pass jurisprudence and special purposes exams, and complete continuing
education in radiographic techniques, documentation of care, and billing and
coding. Parton billed for treatments and services he didn’t provide, didn’t
document, or didn’t justify with clinical findings.
In May 2017 the Medical Commission conditionally
granted the application of physician Mark Douglas Kline (MD00043234) to
renew his license, which expired in 2005. Kline surrendered his California
medical license in 2013 as a result of alleged violations of professional
boundaries with a patient.
In May 2017 the Nursing Assistant Program charged
certified nursing assistant Grady Ngimilas Lulengo (NC60606220) with
unprofessional conduct. While working at an assisted living facility, Lulengo
allegedly took a resident’s rent check, along with five co-workers’ paychecks,
and deposited them into his own bank account. Charges say he didn’t respond to
a Department of Health investigator’s inquiry.
In May 2017 the Nursing Assistant Program charged
registered nursing assistant Jessica Anne Langley (NA60074398) with
unprofessional conduct. Langley allegedly didn’t respond to a Department of
Health investigator’s inquiry about a complaint filed against her.
In May 2017 the secretary of health ended probation
for certified counselor Samuel Conrad Zeiler (CL60168241).
In May 2017 the Dental Commission charged dentist Thomas
Howard Seal (DE00005030) with unprofessional conduct. In 2017 Seal was
charged with second-degree assault. Police allegedly responded to Seal’s dental
office at 2:15 a.m. after receiving a report that Seal pointed a firearm at
another person. Charges say Seal told an officer he’d consumed about four
drinks.
In May 2017 the secretary of health conditionally
granted a chemical dependency professional trainee credential to Terri Lynn
Goddard (CO60699471) and placed her on probation for at least 42 months. In
2016 Goddard was convicted of second-degree theft.
In
May 2017 the Nursing Commission ended conditions on the credential of
registered nurse Robert Arthur Krutenat (RN00060280).
Kitsap
County
In May 2017 the secretary of health conditionally
granted a chemical dependency professional trainee credential to Shannon Rae
Barker (CO60724206) and ordered her to participate in a substance abuse
monitoring program. In 2009 Barker received diversion on a driving under the
influence charge to a first-degree negligent driving. In 2010 she was convicted
of fourth-degree assault. In 2014 she entered into a diversion agreement on a
third-degree possession of stolen property charge.
In May 2017 the Nursing Commission entered an
agreement with registered nurse Dena R. Kutrich (RN00152905) that
requires her to participate in a substance abuse monitoring program. Kutrich
admitted reporting for work after taking an over-the-counter medication known
to cause drowsiness and impairment.
Mason
County
In May 2017 the Chemical Dependency Professional
Program reinstated the chemical dependency professional trainee credential of Philip
Soaring Hawk Peterson (CO60214535) and ordered him to participate in a
substance abuse monitoring program. Peterson’s license was suspended in 2012
because he didn’t comply with a substance abuse monitoring program.
Pierce
County
In May 2017 the secretary of health withdrew a
statement of charges against chemical dependency professional Scott Edwin
Bateman (CP60026524).
Skagit
County
In May 2017 the secretary of health ended conditions
on the certified emergency medical responder credential of Lester William
Folkemer Keel (ES60686474).
In May 2017 the Medical Commission reinstated the
credential of physician Scott F. Mennella (MD00022793) and placed him on
probation for at least a year. Mennella must undergo psychotherapy, maintain
appropriate boundaries, and pay a $3,000 fine. His license was suspended in
2016 because he didn’t comply with a requirement to undergo a psychological
evaluation issued in connection with narcotics prescription and patient
boundary issues.
Snohomish
County
In May 2017 the Nursing Commission charged
registered nurse Dawn D. Archer (RN00164219) with unprofessional
conduct. Archer allegedly didn’t comply with a substance abuse monitoring
contract.
In May 2017 the Midwifery Program charged midwife Darlene
C. Curtis (MW00000214) with unprofessional conduct. Charges say Curtis’s
failure to promptly submit a newborn’s blood sample for testing delayed
diagnosis of a serious medical condition, resulting in permanent damage to the
child.
In May 2017 the secretary of health conditionally
granted a registered nursing assistant credential to Danielle Thomas
(NA60742661) and placed her on probation for at least two years. Thomas must
abide by conditions imposed when her certified nursing assistant credential was
reinstated in February 2017.
Spokane County
In May 2017 the secretary of health lifted the
revocation of the registered counselor credential of Carol Binder
(RC00006154). The credential itself was abolished in 2010. Binder’s credential was revoked in 1997 after she didn’t respond to a
statement of charges alleging emotionally abusive and demeaning dealings with a
client.
In May 2017 the Chemical Dependency Professional
Program charged chemical dependency professional trainee and chemical
dependency professional Douglas J. Dawson (CO60244012, CP60344743) with
unprofessional conduct. Dawson allegedly didn’t comply with a substance abuse
monitoring contract.
Out
of State
New
Mexico: In May 2017 the Nursing Commission ended probation for registered nurse Jane
Elizabeth Nichols (RN00112430).
Oregon:
In May 2017 the Medical Commission withdrew a statement of charges
against physician Sue A. Lewis (MD60010370).
Note to Editors: Health care providers charged with unprofessional
conduct have 20 days to respond to the Department of Health in writing. The
case then enters the settlement process. If no disciplinary agreement can be
reached, the case will go to a hearing.
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