State disciplines health care providers

For immediate release: September 28, 2017  (17-136)

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OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against health care providers in our state.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 September 2017 the secretary of health denied the home care aide application of Monique Angel Hess (HM60661799). In 2017 Hess was convicted of fourth-degree assault – domestic violence.

Clark County

In September 2017 the secretary of health conditionally granted a chemical dependency professional trainee credential to Adrian Vincent Hernandez (CO60692009) and ordered him to participate in a substance abuse monitoring program. In 2008 Hernandez was convicted in Texas of possession of a controlled substance. In 2011 Hernandez was convicted in Texas of driving while intoxicated. In 2013 Hernandez received deferred prosecution on a driving under the influence charge.

Grays Harbor County

In September 2017 the Nursing Commission entered an agreement with licensed practical nurse Richard Tyler Sholes (LP60342517) that reinstates his credential and requires him to participate in a substance abuse monitoring program. Sholes license was suspended in 2016 after he diverted and misused substances.

King County

In September 2017 the Medical Assistant Program charged certified medical assistant Taryn M. Morris (CM60377938) with unprofessional conduct. Morris allegedly forged at least 13 prescriptions for narcotics, both for her own use and to sell.

In September 2017 the Dental Commission charged dentist Keith Antonio Salvatori (DE60233409) with unprofessional conduct. Salvatori allegedly violated the standard of care by treating a patient without completing or charting a full soft tissue, head, and neck examination, checking vital signs, or recording height and weight. Charges also say Salvatori improperly filled out a laboratory prescription.

In August 2017 the Massage Program charged massage therapist Christina M. Sarver (MA00006494) with unprofessional conduct. Sarver allegedly didn’t complete required continuing education.

In August 2017 the Nursing Commission ended probation for registered nurse Julien Christy Garcia Sheets, also known as Julien Christy G. Lopez (RN00154096).

In September 2017 the Dental Commission entered an agreement with dentist Paul Frederick Genung (DE00003370) that reprimands him, fines him $2,500, and requires him to reimburse the commission for $2,000 in expenses. Genung must complete a course in dental ethics and conduct, and continue to comply with previous conditions. In 2015 Genung was convicted of conspiracy to commit offering false instrument for filing or record.

In August 2017 the secretary of health ordered Bonnie K. Hulings, also known as Kris Hulings, to cease and desist from practicing as a dental assistant without a license, and pay a $1,000 fine. Hulings admitted working as a dental assistant while she had no license.

Lewis County

In September 2017 the secretary of health conditionally granted a chemical dependency professional trainee credential to Justin Todd Prather (CO60741830) and ordered him to participate in a substance abuse monitoring program. Between 1993 and 2017, Prather was convicted of eight gross misdemeanors and five misdemeanors.

In September 2017 the secretary of health conditionally granted a chemical dependency professional trainee credential to Jessica Ann Donyes (CO60783107) and ordered her to undergo evaluation for a substance abuse monitoring program. In 2014 Donyes was convicted of possession of a controlled substance – methamphetamine.

Pierce County

In September 2017 the Marriage and Family Therapist and Mental Health Counselor programs charged marriage and family therapist and mental health counselor Bryce Robert Wilson (LH00010388, LF60206020) with unprofessional conduct. Wilson allegedly double-billed 23 clients for therapy services on multiple occasions.

In September 2017 the secretary of health conditionally granted chemical dependency professional trainee and agency-affiliated counselor credentials to Anita Frances Yandall (CG60777442, CO60716831). Between 2006 and 2015, Yandall was convicted of nine gross misdemeanors and two felonies.

In September 2017 the Nursing Commission ended conditions on the credential of licensed practical nurse William Walter Wiles (LP00044255).

Snohomish County

In September 2017 the secretary of health denied the home care aide application of Michelle Greer Jones (HM60623899). Jones was disqualified from being employed in caring for vulnerable adults, juveniles and children by the state Department of Social and Health Services, thus prohibiting her from being certified as a home care aide.

In September 2017 the Chemical Dependency Professional Program charged chemical dependency professional Jamie Marie Wright (CP60168741) with unprofessional conduct. In 2017 Wright was convicted of indecent exposure.

In August 2017 the Pharmacy Commission placed pharmacy assistant and pharmacy technician Dawn Louise Reiter (VB60199551, VA60321710) on probation for five years and ordered her to undergo evaluation for a substance abuse monitoring program. Reiter must complete continuing education in substance abuse and ethics. Reiter diverted medications from the pharmacy where she worked.

Yakima County

In September 2017 the Chemical Dependency Professional Program charged chemical dependency professional Melanie I. Miller (CP00005029) with unprofessional conduct. Charges say that after a positive drug test, Miller admitted using the controlled substance.

Out of State

California: In September 2017 the secretary of health placed medical assistant-phlebotomist Leo Alojado Padilla (PC60528738) on probation for at least three years and fined him $250. He must complete continuing education in law and ethics. Padilla used a prescription pad from the Philippines and a fax machine at the hospital where he worked to obtain prescription drugs. He has no physician license. Padilla didn’t respond to a Department of Health investigator’s inquiry.

California: In September 2017 the Nursing Commission entered an agreement with registered nurse Mark Raymond Dunn (RN60585610) that lifts the suspension of his credential and requires him to participate in a substance abuse monitoring program. Dunn’s license was suspended in 2017 after his California vocational nurse license was revoked.