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Department of Public Health reports few disciplinary actions in 2017–2019; no complaints in 2024
Summary
Laura Morris, manager of practitioner investigations at the Department of Public Health, told the licensing board there was one disciplinary action in each of 2017, 2018 and 2019, two pending cases (one in 2022 and one in 2023), and no complaints in 2024.
Laura Morris, manager of practitioner investigations at the Department of Public Health, gave the board a brief investigatory report during the meeting.
"It'll It'll be pretty short. I ran a report back to 02/2017. Right now in 02/2017, '2 thousand and '18, and 02/2019, there has only been 1 disciplinary action against a licensee in each 1 of those years," Morris said. "We have 2 pending cases, 1 in 2022, '1 in 2023, and there have been no complaints in 2024."
Board members asked whether Morris had checked records for holders of optical selling permits as well as licensees; Morris said she had not looked into selling permits but that she would do so and send the information to the board chair. The board accepted the report; Morris did not recommend any formal action during the meeting.
No additional details about the pending cases or the nature of past disciplinary actions were provided in the meeting transcript. Morris identified herself on the record as the manager of practitioner investigations at DPH and presented the summary statistics as the extent of her report.
