State disciplines health care providers

For immediate release: December 11, 2017  (17-170-Revised)

Note: This document has been revised to correct a factual inaccuracy on Peggy A. Robb

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OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against health care providers in our state.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.

Clallam County

In November 2017 the secretary of health ended probation for certified nursing assistant Peggy A. Robb (NC10002768).

Clark County

In November 2017 the Nursing Commission ended conditions on the registered nurse credential of Kelly M. Bell (RN00075082).

Grays Harbor County

In December 2017 the Massage Therapist Program charged massage therapist Tammy A. Delu (MA00025359) with unprofessional conduct. Delu allegedly didn’t fulfill continuing education requirements.

King County

In December 2017 the Massage Therapist Program entered an agreement with massage therapist Llysa M. Holland (MA00005597) that fines her $250. Holland didn’t complete required continuing education.

Lewis County

In November 2017 the secretary of health conditionally granted chemical dependency professional trainee and agency-affiliated counselor credentials to Jerry Dean Clark (CO60787973, CG60783169), and ordered him to participate in a substance abuse monitoring program. In 2011 Clark was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance – heroin. In 2013 he was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver – methamphetamine, and two counts of delivery of a controlled substance – methamphetamine.

Mason County

In November 2017 the Agency-Affiliated Counselor Program conditionally granted an agency-affiliated counselor credential to Stacy Bree Hamlin (CG60747738) and ordered her to undergo an evaluation for a substance abuse monitoring program. Between 2009 and 2016, Hamlin was convicted of four felonies and three gross misdemeanors.

Pierce County

In November 2017 the secretary of health denied a registered nursing assistant credential to Amy McClellan Rasmussen (NA60783532). In 2014 Rasmussen was convicted of reckless driving, and minor intoxicated in a public place. In 2017 she was charged with driving under the influence, and reckless driving. Rasmussen didn’t comply with a requirement to undergo a substance use evaluation.

Skagit County

In November 2017 the Nursing Commission reinstated the registered nurse credential of Nancy Kay Rogerson (RN00160769), placed her on probation, and ordered her to undergo an evaluation for a substance abuse monitoring program. Rogerson’s license was suspended in 2014 because she didn’t abide by a substance abuse monitoring contract.

Thurston County

In November 2017 the secretary of health denied a home care aide credential to Kirsten Alice O’Hara (HM60738738). In 2017 O’Hara was charged with first-degree murder.

Out of State

New York: In November 2017 the Naturopathy Board ended probation for naturopathic physician Edmund M. Corpuz (NT00001270).