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OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against the following health care providers in our state.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

Clark County

In May 2023 the Nursing Commission and registered nurse Janae Nichole McDaniel (RN60182506) agreed to conditions pertaining to McDaniel’s license. McDaniel’s license will be on probation until at least July 6, 2025, during which time McDaniel’s probation officer must submit quarterly compliance reports, and McDaniels must successfully complete the Washington State Jurisprudence Module.

Cowlitz County

In May 2023 the secretary of health ended conditions on the certified nursing assistant license of Kendra Nicole Disspain (NC10081597).

Franklin County

In June 2023 the Nursing Assistant Program charged registered nursing assistant Yesenia Adi Chavez (NA60241434) with unprofessional conduct. Charges state that Chavez neglected residents in an adult family home she owned, including in November 2021 the failure to transfer and death of a patient. Other allegations include a resident discharged to end of life care due to insufficient wound care.

King County

In May 2023 the Massage Therapy Program charged massage therapist Lilia Schastlivaya (MA60181846) with unprofessional conduct. Charges state that starting in 2019, Schastlivaya repeatedly billed insurance for massages that she did not provide, inflated billing prices to insurance, and accepted cash payments for massages she then also billed for. Schastlivaya allegedly did not wear a face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic when required by law, and did not change mattress pads or covers between clients.

In May 2023 the Nursing Commission ended conditions on the registered nurse license of Nancy Alice O'Leary (RN00110987).

In May 2023 the Dental Quality Assurance Commission charged dentist Joseph Zimmer (DE00006267) with unprofessional conduct. Charges state that in April 2021, Zimmer delegated tasks to dental assistants who were working with expired licenses.

In May 2023 the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission and pharmacy assistant and pharmacy technician Mark Alan Schultz (VB60802080, VA60968405) agreed to probation on his licenses. Probation will last for 60 months, during which Schultz will not have access to schedule II drugs, must be evaluated by a mental health professional, pay a $250 fine, and work under the supervision of an employer that submits quarterly performance evaluations. Between September 2020 and February 2022, Schultz took merchandise without paying from the pharmacy where he worked and took two bottles of alprazolam (Xanax).

In May 2023 the Dental Quality Assurance Commission and dentist Jaime Jun Lee (DE00009424) entered into a stipulated agreement. Lee must pay a combined $7,000 in fines, permit a health investigator up to 10 unannounced patient record audits, complete eight hours of continuing education in the area of enteral sedation, take and pass a jurisprudence exam, and the Dental Commission may conduct a review of prescriptions written by Lee up to two times a year for 12 months. In September 2020, Lee refused to return the remainder of a patient’s prescription for a controlled substance that Lee had directed the patient to take before a root canal. Lee also failed to document that the dentist kept it, or report that it was properly destroyed.

In June 2023 the Mental Health Counselor Program and the Substance Use Disorder Professional Trainee Programs charged mental health counselor associate and substance use disorder trainee MaLeigha Miller (MC61207378, CO61211020) with unprofessional conduct. Charges state that in November 2021, Miller entered a romantic and physical relationship with a patient.

Skagit County

In July 2023 the Massage Therapist Program charged massage therapist Shannon Jean McCain (MA60921442) with unprofessional conduct. Charges state that between January 2018 and November 2021, McCain taught and supervised students without an active license, in addition to allegations that she did not keep patient records or teach students recordkeeping and did not maintain attendance records for any student.

Spokane County

In June 2023 the Nursing Assistant Program and Reilly Alexa Claridge (NA61056216) agreed to conditions on her registered nursing assistant license. Claridge must complete eight hours continuing education in the areas of boundaries, and law and ethics. In January 2022, Claridge borrowed $20 from a client at a long-term care home.

Thurston County

In June 2023 the secretary of health and Jeramy Lee Beausoleil (CG61351248) agreed to conditions on his agency affiliated counselor license. The license will be on probation for four years, during which time a supervisor must submit quarterly performance reports. In June 2016, Beausoleil was convicted of malicious mischief and attempted escape, both misdemeanors; in September 2016 of second-degree assault, a felony, and fourth-degree assault - domestic violence, a misdemeanor; and in February 2022, of harassment-domestic violence, a misdemeanor.

Yakima County

In May 2023 the secretary of health reinstated the certified nursing assistant license of Olivia I. Ramos (NC10076858).

In June 2023 the Podiatric Medical Board ended probation on the podiatric physician and surgeon license of Curtis Trousdale Holden (PO00000697).

In June 2023 the secretary of health and Armando Maciel (CO61397427) agreed to conditions on his substance use disorder professional trainee license. The license will be on probation for three years, during which time a supervisor must submit quarterly performance evaluations. In 2017 and 2018, Maciel was convicted of obstruction of law enforcement, driving under the influence, and ignition interlock violation, all misdemeanors; and stolen property tracking, and violation of a protection order-domestic violence, both felonies.

Out of State

New Jersey: In May 2023 the Nursing Commission denied the registered nurse credential of Fareeda Pathan (RN61351522). Pathan answered “no” on the Washington state application question “Have you ever had any license, certificate, registration or other privilege to practice a health care profession denied, revoked, suspended or restricted by a state, federal, or foreign authority?” In October 2020, the state of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs, Board of Nursing issued a final order of discipline, which suspended Pathan’s license to practice until that Board of Nursing issues a further order and Pathan fully cooperates with that Board of Nursing’s investigation.

Oregon: In May 2023 the Massage Therapy Program charged massage therapist Qingguang Li (MA60996962) with unprofessional conduct. Charges state that in February 2023, Li voluntarily surrendered his license after the Oregon Board of Massage Therapists issued a default finding against him for practicing massage without an Oregon license and for third-degree sexual abuse. In October 2021, Li allegedly touched a patient’s breast and genitalia without consent.