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Sanctioned California Nurses Database

List of Disciplinary Actions: 2006

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 264 actions found in this query. These disciplinary actions – license revocations, surrenders of licenses, and probations – were imposed in 2006.

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 201 - 264 results
Nurse Accusation Date Decision Date Days Elapsed Decision
Yu, Paul Winston F. Jan. 24,
2006		 Aug. 28,
2006		 216
0.59 yrs.		 Revoked (PDF)
Bradway, Nancy Ellen Feb. 16,
2006		 Oct. 30,
2006		 256
0.70 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Brown, Andrew E. Dec. 2,
2002		 May 26,
2006		 1,271
3.48 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Brownell, Mary Jo Feb. 2,
2004		 Aug. 11,
2006		 921
2.52 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Broyles, Gary Louis Sep. 14,
2005		 Nov. 3,
2006		 415
1.14 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Burcham, Dana Kaye Mar. 28,
2005		 May 20,
2006		 418
1.15 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Byrne, Joseph Matthew Nov. 14,
2005		 May 26,
2006		 193
0.53 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Carl, Michael Horst Jan. 10,
2006		 Jul. 15,
2006		 186
0.51 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Clay, Reva Tonette Apr. 27,
2004		 Jun. 25,
2006		 789
2.16 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Courter (Green), Emily Louise Aug. 7,
2003		 Feb. 23,
2006		 931
2.55 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Dale, Linette Marie May 4,
2005		 May 10,
2006		 371
1.02 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Dannenberg, Alana Anne Jun. 3,
2004		 Oct. 2,
2006		 851
2.33 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Davis (Nieberding), Mary Patr Jul. 17,
2006		 Dec. 30,
2006		 166
0.45 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Dean, Kathleen S. Jul. 25,
2006		 Dec. 7,
2006		 135
0.37 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
DeGuzman, Alicia D. May 10,
2004		 Aug. 19,
2006		 831
2.28 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Dickmann, Patricia Jan. 18,
2006		 Oct. 2,
2006		 257
0.70 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Dobbs, Deborah May 25,
2006		 Oct. 2,
2006		 130
0.36 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Drenik, Mary Alison - Jul. 7,
2006
Surrendered (PDF)
Driskill, Pamela Dale Sep. 29,
2005		 Aug. 19,
2006		 324
0.89 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Egan, Gaylynn Marie Oct. 17,
2005		 Jul. 3,
2006		 259
0.71 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Enright-Maher, Teri A. Aug. 25,
2004		 May 4,
2006		 617
1.69 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Ethridge, Mary Genelle Jul. 20,
2005		 Jul. 24,
2006		 369
1.01 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Gadson, Elizabeth Ann May 9,
2006		 Dec. 22,
2006		 227
0.62 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Gunthner, Maureen Kathryn Jun. 20,
2006		 Dec. 21,
2006		 184
0.50 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Halford, Linda Diane Mar. 17,
2006		 Dec. 4,
2006		 262
0.72 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Halquist, Donna Jean Jul. 12,
2005		 May 4,
2006		 296
0.81 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Hendricks, Susan Meredith Jan. 5,
2005		 Jun. 19,
2006		 530
1.45 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Hooven, Elizabeth P. Aug. 15,
2005		 Jun. 5,
2006		 294
0.81 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Ignacio, Gena M. Nov. 23,
2004		 May 3,
2006		 526
1.44 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Jennings, Jason Rodgers Jan. 5,
2005		 Mar. 10,
2006		 429
1.18 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Kelso, Mary Cooper Jul. 6,
2004		 May 10,
2006		 673
1.84 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Lang, Robert T. Feb. 27,
2006		 Nov. 27,
2006		 273
0.75 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Lasala, Michael C. Nov. 17,
2005		 Jun. 12,
2006		 207
0.57 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Louden, Elizabeth Ann Sep. 7,
2005		 May 1,
2006		 236
0.65 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
McMartin, Catherine Eileen Apr. 9,
2004		 Nov. 27,
2006		 962
2.64 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Miller-Mlinarich, Vera T. Nov. 14,
2005		 Jul. 21,
2006		 249
0.68 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Minnis, Linda K. Nov. 14,
2005		 Jul. 21,
2006		 249
0.68 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Mitchell-Ford, Kristi L. Dec. 7,
2005		 May 1,
2006		 145
0.40 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Mower, William Paul Dec. 29,
2005		 Jun. 5,
2006		 158
0.43 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Musser, Mark Howard Jun. 5,
2006		 Nov. 6,
2006		 154
0.42 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Nunes, Sharen Lynn Aug. 14,
2003		 Jun. 5,
2006		 1,026
2.81 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Nunez, Julie Castleberry Jan. 18,
2006		 Jul. 3,
2006		 166
0.45 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Piper, Christopher Sean Mar. 14,
2005		 Mar. 9,
2006		 360
0.99 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Pirtle, Denise Ann Mar. 6,
2006		 Dec. 6,
2006		 275
0.75 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Rockey, Thelma Luann May 9,
2006		 Nov. 24,
2006		 199
0.55 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Ruggeiro, Elena Louise - Nov. 27,
2006
Surrendered (PDF)
Rule, Katherine Ann Apr. 3,
2006		 Nov. 24,
2006		 235
0.64 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Schulz, Richard May 6,
2004		 Apr. 28,
2006		 722
1.98 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Shiao, Angela Jun. 26,
2006		 Nov. 3,
2006		 130
0.36 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Sikora, Gabriela - Jul. 17,
2006
Surrendered (PDF)
Smith, Melody Lynn Jan. 18,
2005		 Nov. 25,
2006		 676
1.85 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Spoor, Kathleen Ann Dec. 5,
2005		 Sep. 1,
2006		 270
0.74 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Stillwell, John Joseph - Dec. 31,
2006
Surrendered (PDF)
Thiemsuwan, Chinda Jan. 19,
2005		 Jan. 28,
2006		 374
1.02 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Thornton, Catherine Marie Jan. 23,
2006		 Jul. 17,
2006		 175
0.48 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Velasquez, Germaine Evette Oct. 20,
2004		 Mar. 24,
2006		 520
1.42 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Villanueva, Herminia B. Sep. 7,
2005		 Jun. 11,
2006		 277
0.76 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Walton Sr., Mark May 10,
2002		 Jun. 26,
2006		 1,508
4.13 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Watanathai, Supattra Nov. 29,
2004		 Jun. 12,
2006		 560
1.53 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Watts, Angela Marie - Nov. 3,
2006
Surrendered (PDF)
Watwood (Sanders), Robin Leig Oct. 18,
2005		 Mar. 24,
2006		 157
0.43 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Weeks, Susan Coy May 18,
2006		 Dec. 4,
2006		 200
0.55 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Williams, Opal Jean Apr. 24,
2006		 Dec. 22,
2006		 242
0.66 yrs.		 Surrendered (PDF)
Woy, Christine Noel Sep. 7,
2005		 Nov. 3,
2006		 422
1.16 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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