State disciplines health care providers

OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against the following health care providers in our state.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., dentists, nurses, counselors). Information about disciplinary action taken against medical doctors and physician assistants can be found on the Washington Medical Commission (WMC) website. Questions about WMC disciplinary actions can be sent to media@wmc.wa.gov.

Information about health care providers is on the agency website. Click on “Health Care Provider Lookup” under the “Find it Fast” 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 June 2024 the secretary of health terminated the probation on the agency affiliated counselor license of Tricia Elizabeth Tyner-Longhorn (CG61203426).

Clark County

In June 2024 the secretary of health granted Jessica Sabrina Pirogan (HM61422395) a license to practice as a home care aide with conditions on the license. For five years, Pirogan must work under an approved health care employer who submits quarterly performance evaluation reports. In February 2023, Pirogan was charged with reckless driving, a gross misdemeanor. In March 2023, Pirogan entered a deferred prosecution for January 2023 charges of driving under the influence and second-degree driving while license suspended, both gross misdemeanors.

In June 2024 the Dental Quality Assurance Commission and Ellis Burke Jardine (DE60339865, CS60495559) entered an agreed order reinstating his dentist license and moderate sedation with parenteral agents permit, subject to conditions. Jardine’s dentist license is permanently restricted from extracting wisdom teeth. Jardine must pay a $50,000 fine and reimburse costs of $10,000. Jardine must pass a jurisprudence examination and permit an investigator to conduct a drug inspection and inventory and up to four unannounced audits per year for two years. Jardine must complete an ethics examination, pass at least one SIM MAN course, attend two annual sessions of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, pass the Parenteral MASTERSHIP examination, and attend two annual meetings of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics. Between October 2017 and August 2023, Jardine failed to adequately and accurately assess patient risk factors through evaluation or discussion of alternative treatment options; administered a general anesthetic, which is outside the scope of practice for a dentist with a moderate sedation with parenteral agents permit; administered medications in a timeframe that likely resulted in a level beyond moderate sedation; and failed to monitor and/or document all required vital signs during patients’ procedures, among other charges.

King County

In June 2024 the secretary of health and Bruce Christopher Evans (CG60412393, CO60590101, LH61172017) entered an agreed order subjecting his substance use disorder professional trainee, agency affiliated counselor, and mental health counselor licenses to enhanced oversight with conditions for at least five years. During this time, Evans must allow unannounced audits of at least 10 client records up to three times per year. He must also pay a $2,000 fine, complete a minimum of four hours of continuing education in the area of record keeping, and attend and pass the Professional/Problem Based Ethics Course program. Between February and June 2022, Evans failed to maintain proper treatment documentation of two patients. Evans had a personal relationship with one of the patients in which he did not maintain proper documentation and committed boundary violations.

In June 2024 the secretary of health terminated the probation on the agency affiliated counselor license of Lindsay Cathleen Nemeyer (CG61215841).

In June 2024 the Board of Nursing (formerly the Nursing Commission) and Morgan Deann Davis (RN61046509) entered an agreed order granting her a registered nurse license, subject to conditions. The registered nurse license is placed on probation for at least 12 months, during which time Davis should not be employed by a temporary or travel nursing agency, in home health, or a community-based care setting. Davis can only be employed as a nurse in a setting where indirect supervision is provided. Davis cannot function as a head nurse or charge nurse, direct or supervise the work of other nurses, teach, be a preceptor or a clinical instructor. Davis must work under a health care employer who submits quarterly performance evaluation reports. Davis must complete 28 hours of continuing education in the areas of documentation for nurses, time management, and legal issues for nursing documentation and complete a jurisprudence module. Between June and July 2021, Davis repeatedly failed to properly document administration or wastage of controlled substances.

Pierce County

In June 2024 the secretary of health terminated the probation on the substance use disorder professional trainee license of Cristy Marie Fain (CO61132873).

In July 2024 the secretary of health charged registered nursing assistant Whitney Nataya-Elizabeth Hicks (NA60844755) with unprofessional conduct. In July 2023, Hicks allegedly went to a patient’s home and requested a check for $1,700. Hicks has failed to respond to the department’s investigation.

Skagit County

In July 2024 the Board of Nursing (formerly the Nursing Commission) charged registered nurse Mariana L. Guernsey (RN00142128) with unprofessional conduct. In July 2020, Guernsey failed to ensure the safe discharge of a patient by failing to follow protocol and left a patient who was under the influence of medication outside the hospital entrance without waiting to ensure the patient made it into the transportation vehicle. Between April 2023 to July 2023, Guernsey had five urine drug tests that resulted in a positive result for alcohol. In May 2023, Guernsey delivered discharge paperwork containing patient identifying information to the wrong patient.

Snohomish County

In June 2024 the Board of Nursing (formerly the Nursing Commission) charged registered nurse Ginny Marie Gabriella Jarman (RN00122559) with unprofessional conduct. In December 2021, Jarman allegedly failed to respond in a timely manner to a patient on the ground reportedly suffering from a seizure, resulting in a delay of care.

In May 2024 the secretary of health denied the medical assistant-phlebotomist license application of Jennifer Myngoc Waltman (PC61512138). In January 2024, the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission indefinitely suspended Waltman’s pharmacy technician license, subject to Waltman entering a monitoring contract for pharmacy. Waltman also failed to comply with a required substance use evaluation requested by the Department of Health in March 2024.

In June 2024 the Dental Quality Assurance Commission and Daryl I. Boekenoogen (DE00006844) entered an agreed order placing conditions on his dentist license. Boekenoogen must pay a $1,000 fine, reimburse costs of $7,000, and allow unannounced audits of at least 10 patient records at least four times per year for three years. He must also complete 15 hours of continuing education in the areas of orthodontic assessment and treatment planning and record keeping and pass the Commission’s jurisprudence examination. Between June 2017 and December 2018, Boekenoogen provided dental treatment via a teledentistry company for several patients that was below the standard of care and risked injury or harm to the patients. Boekenoogen also failed to maintain clinical records for the patients.

Spokane County

In June 2024 the secretary of health granted Rosalie Anne Dora (CG61482149) a license to practice as an agency affiliated counselor with conditions on the license. Dora must comply with the conditions of a stipulation to informal disposition she entered into in March 2024 for her substance use disorder professional license.

In July 2024 the secretary of health granted Lindsey Ranee Ott (NA61553243) a license to practice as a registered nursing assistant with conditions on the license. The registered nursing assistant license is placed on probation until at least December 1, 2024, during which time Ott must be supervised by a qualified health care supervisor who submits quarterly performance evaluation reports, and she must notify her current and future health care employers of the agreement to practice with conditions. In May 2019, Ott was convicted of driving under the influence and operating a motor vehicle without an interlock ignition device, both gross misdemeanors. In August 2017, Ott was convicted of possession of a controlled substance by a person being confined in a local correctional institution, a class C felony.