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Sanctioned California Nurses Database

List of Disciplinary Actions: Alleged Criminal Conviction

This data was last updated in December 2009. Statuses may have since changed. Check the California's Board of Registered Nursing license database for the most current license statuses.

There were 904 actions found in this query. These disciplinary actions are based, at least in part, on allegations of criminal conviction.

Days elapsed is a Los Angeles Times and ProPublica calculation referring to the amount of time that passed between the board's first public accusation against the nurse and the imposition of discipline.

There are several limitations to this database.

Currently viewing 801 - 904 results
Nurse Accusation Date Decision Date Days Elapsed Decision
Talbot, Thomas Cole Jan. 14,
2004		 Jun. 17,
2004		 155
0.42 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Tate, Joani Lee Nov. 1,
2001		 Mar. 12,
2003		 496
1.36 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Tate, Robert Michael May 8,
2006		 Nov. 3,
2006		 179
0.49 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Tavlian, Lorane Mary May 22,
2008		 Jun. 14,
2009		 388
1.06 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Taylor, Drenda Marie Mar. 3,
2004		 Jun. 17,
2004		 106
0.29 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Taylor, James Allen Aug. 7,
2002		 Jul. 9,
2003		 336
0.92 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Teasdale, Janel Marie Jul. 31,
2008		 Jan. 29,
2009		 182
0.50 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Tedder (Raybin), Lisa Grace Mar. 27,
2003		 Dec. 4,
2003		 252
0.69 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Telc, Peter George Jun. 30,
2004		 Jun. 3,
2005		 338
0.93 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Terwilliger, Nancy L. Jan. 22,
2004		 Jan. 14,
2005		 358
0.98 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Thomas, Belinda Nov. 26,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Thomas, Lena Marcella Nov. 26,
2008		 Jun. 28,
2009		 214
0.59 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Thomas, Tracie Bradley Jan. 23,
2006		 Mar. 12,
2007		 413
1.13 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Thompson, Jennifer Aug. 19,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Thompson, Shirley Ann Mar. 27,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Threats, Vanessa Jan. 6,
2009		 Nov. 19,
2009		 317
0.87 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Thunberg, Paul William Dec. 8,
2008		 Nov. 12,
2009		 339
0.93 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Thurston, Duane Gary May 18,
2006		 Aug. 1,
2007		 440
1.21 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Tilley, Kathleen E. McCarthy Apr. 29,
2008		 Apr. 20,
2009		 356
0.98 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Tinnion, Catherine Lynn Dec. 29,
2006		 Jul. 3,
2008		 552
1.51 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Tonsberg, Wayne Jul. 9,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Torkelson, Richard Howard Apr. 23,
2008		 Nov. 1,
2008		 192
0.53 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Townsend, Sally Diane Nov. 21,
2002		 Jun. 14,
2004		 571
1.56 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Tran, Huan Dinh Nov. 24,
2008		 Jul. 23,
2009		 241
0.66 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Traversa, Katarina Michelle May 11,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Trejo, Denise M. Oct. 24,
2007		 Jun. 18,
2008		 238
0.65 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Turner, Daniel Greg Jul. 14,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Turner, Elda Fern Aug. 29,
2001		 Dec. 8,
2002		 466
1.28 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Udo, Jennifer Elyse Apr. 28,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Underwood, Harriette Aug. 5,
2002		 Sep. 5,
2005		 1,127
3.09 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Valdez, Ella P. Sep. 8,
2006		 Jul. 11,
2007		 306
0.84 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Valinoti, Patricia Jean Sep. 8,
2008		 Jun. 22,
2009		 287
0.79 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Van Arsdale, Judy Catherine May 12,
2005		 May 10,
2006		 363
0.99 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Van Arsdale, Judy Catherine Mar. 27,
2009		 -
First Amended Accusation and Petition to Revoke Probation Pending (PDF)
Van Teslaar, David Mar. 8,
2004		 Aug. 26,
2004		 171
0.47 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Vandyke, Rick Andrew Oct. 6,
2008		 Apr. 30,
2009		 206
0.56 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Varallo, Lynn Adele Mar. 29,
2004		 Mar. 2,
2006		 703
1.93 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Vaughn, Sarah Ann Oct. 8,
2003		 Apr. 14,
2005		 554
1.52 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Vega, Jo Ann Oct. 27,
2006		 Mar. 23,
2007		 147
0.40 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Velasco, Ray Dec. 18,
2006		 Dec. 16,
2007		 363
0.99 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Velasquez, Germaine Evette Oct. 20,
2004		 Mar. 24,
2006		 520
1.42 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Velez, Labonnia G. Aug. 11,
2003		 Jul. 6,
2004		 330
0.90 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Vigueras-Delgado, Angela Josephine Aug. 28,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Villanueva, Herminia B. Jul. 30,
2001		 Jun. 15,
2002		 320
0.88 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Vishnevskaya, Anna V. Jun. 5,
2008		 Apr. 13,
2009		 312
0.85 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Vogel, Jeff Aug. 3,
2007		 Mar. 24,
2008		 234
0.64 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Volenec, Melanie M. Sep. 5,
2007		 Jul. 29,
2008		 328
0.90 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Wade, Percy R. Jul. 14,
2008		 Mar. 4,
2009		 233
0.64 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Wagner, John Charles Jan. 27,
2006		 Jun. 26,
2006		 150
0.41 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Wagoner-Swarthout, Cheri Anne Nov. 7,
2008		 Dec. 17,
2009		 405
1.11 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Wainwright, Paul Anthony Mar. 27,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Waite, Donald Grant Nov. 21,
2006		 Sep. 28,
2007		 311
0.85 yrs.		 Suspension/Probation (PDF)
Walch, Ingrid B. Sep. 26,
2008		 Jun. 13,
2009		 260
0.71 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Walker, John Albert Jun. 14,
2004		 Oct. 2,
2006		 840
2.30 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Walker, Ronelia D. May 28,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Walling, Mary Jo Anne Jul. 27,
2004		 Sep. 22,
2005		 422
1.16 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Walsh, Sarah L. Jan. 7,
2003		 Dec. 26,
2003		 353
0.97 yrs.		 Probation Extended (PDF)
Walulya, Isaac Gideon Jun. 18,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Warren, Michael Joseph Mar. 5,
2009		 Sep. 14,
2009		 193
0.53 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Watkins, Kyle Marta Aug. 27,
2007		 Oct. 12,
2008		 412
1.13 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Watwood (Sanders), Robin Leig Oct. 18,
2005		 Mar. 24,
2006		 157
0.43 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Weber, Johanna Marie Aug. 28,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Weir, Terri Angerman Mar. 23,
2004		 Dec. 3,
2004		 255
0.70 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Weitz, Sabrina Dec. 5,
2005		 May 22,
2006		 168
0.46 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Weller, David Wayne Sep. 25,
2007		 Apr. 25,
2008		 213
0.58 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Wells, Catherine June Nov. 9,
2007		 Dec. 18,
2008		 405
1.11 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Westlake, Rockwell Spence Jul. 2,
2009		 Oct. 29,
2009		 119
0.33 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Wheatcraft, Birgit Agnes Feb. 17,
2004		 Dec. 24,
2004		 311
0.85 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Whelan, Laurie Oct. 12,
2006		 Jun. 15,
2007		 246
0.67 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Whipple, Katherine Leigh Aug. 3,
2007		 Mar. 15,
2008		 225
0.62 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Whitaker, Georgia Apr. 30,
2004		 Dec. 8,
2004		 222
0.61 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
White, Emily Anne Feb. 17,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
White, Mary K. Aug. 6,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
White-Warren, Debora Kay Nov. 15,
2001		 Mar. 16,
2005		 1,217
3.33 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Williams, Jon Roderick Jan. 23,
2006		 Mar. 12,
2007		 413
1.13 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Williams, Olivia Danita Jun. 28,
2004		 Feb. 10,
2005		 227
0.62 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Wilson, Deborah Faye Dec. 1,
2003		 Aug. 26,
2004		 269
0.74 yrs.		 Probation
Wilson, Holly Anne Nov. 21,
2002		 Jul. 25,
2003		 246
0.67 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Wilson, Karen M. Jul. 23,
2002		 Oct. 5,
2003		 439
1.20 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Wilson, Nancy Anne Aug. 31,
2006		 Jul. 13,
2007		 316
0.87 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Wilson, Suzanne Marie May 23,
2000		 Jan. 23,
2002		 610
1.67 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Windell, Laura Aug. 7,
2003		 Dec. 8,
2004		 489
1.34 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Winfield, Charles Geary Jun. 12,
2002		 Jan. 30,
2003		 232
0.64 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Winkel, Linda Kathleen May 27,
2004		 Apr. 29,
2005		 337
0.92 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Winn, Jennifer Lee Dec. 18,
2006		 Sep. 6,
2007		 262
0.72 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Winter, Kimberly Jeanne Nov. 26,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Witte, Joseph M. Jun. 29,
2005		 May 26,
2006		 331
0.91 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Woloszyn, Sharon M. Aug. 10,
2006		 Mar. 23,
2007		 225
0.62 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Wong, Wesley Zhong Xiang Nov. 20,
2006		 Jul. 11,
2008		 599
1.64 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Woolfolk (Renneberg), Loretta Mar. 27,
2003		 Dec. 4,
2003		 252
0.69 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Woolworth, Ana Maria Sep. 8,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Wright, Kimberly Ann Oct. 6,
2008		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Wynton, Lisa Marie Sep. 8,
2008		 Jul. 22,
2009		 317
0.87 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Yacoub, Grace Oct. 10,
2008		 Jul. 23,
2009		 286
0.78 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Yamamoto, Margaret Frances Jul. 31,
2008		 Mar. 19,
2009		 231
0.63 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Yancey, Jayne Denise Oct. 5,
2007		 Sep. 5,
2008		 336
0.92 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Yarbrough, Joshua Stephen May 28,
2009		 -
Accusation Pending (PDF)
Yarnell, Elaine M. Feb. 23,
2009		 Dec. 16,
2009		 296
0.81 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Ybarra, Robert A. Feb. 6,
2001		 Jan. 23,
2002		 351
0.96 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Ybarra, Stacey Anastacio Apr. 30,
2004		 Jun. 3,
2005		 399
1.09 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Younessian, Cheryl Lee Oct. 27,
2003		 Oct. 22,
2004		 361
0.99 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Young, Lowanda Sue Apr. 19,
2005		 May 22,
2006		 398
1.09 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Zajac, Rhonda Mary May 11,
2004		 Jun. 10,
2005		 395
1.08 yrs.		 Probation (PDF)
Zrodlowski, John Edward May 11,
2009		 Nov. 12,
2009		 185
0.51 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)

Data last updated Dec. 26, 2009

Please note there are several limitations to the database:
  • This database includes nurses who faced disciplinary action between 2002 and September 2009, as well as any subsequent actions against these nurses. .
  • Employers and patients seeking verification of a nurse’s license should use the Web site of the Board of Registered Nursing.
  • Multiple nurses may have the same name, but each has a unique license number.
  • The information on the database is based on the Web site of the Board of Registered Nursing and state documents. In some cases, the Web site and documents conflict; in such cases, reporters used dates included in the board’s documents.
  • Documents for some cases are missing from the site in whole or in part.
  • The database does not include discipline against nurses meted out as a condition of being licensed. Such discipline is only included if the nurse subsequently faced board action.
  • The grounds listed for discipline in this database are based on the board’s public allegations against the nurses. Because accusations are sometimes written in an unclear or inconsistent manner, reporters did not try to guess the intent.
  • This database includes discipline against some nurses who have subsequently died. The board has removed many of these nurses from its Web site. They are included here because they faced disciplinary action during the period examined.

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