WMC suspended the license of Thomas J. Osten (License No. MD00011131)



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Contact: Stephanie Mason
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Spokane Physician Indefinitely Suspended

OLYMPIA, WA -?On August 30, 2022, a Thomas J. Osten (License No. MD00011131) was issued a final order which indefinitely suspended his license to practice medicine in Washington.

Dr. Osten was granted a hearing but refused to respond unless his hearing was in-person. The presiding officer informed Dr. Osten that a default order could be issued if he did not participate. Dr. Osten then failed to appear at the pre-hearing conference. The presiding officer entered an order of default based on Dr. Osten's failure to appear.?

The statement of charges, for which Dr. Osten was to receive a hearing, stated that the doctor raised a patient?s shirt without her permission, made inappropriate jokes, and comments about the patient?s marital status and her appearance.

Dr. Osten was subject to a prior hearing based on similar allegations from three different female patients. Less than two months later, the doctor engaged in similar behavior with the patient in question.

Dr. Osten is found to have committed unprofessional conduct, involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, corruption, sexual misconduct and abuse per RCW 18.130.180 [ [link removed] ]and WAC 246-919-630 [ [link removed] ] and 640 [ [link removed] ].?

The Public Records Act provides the right to any publicly disclosable information contained in the file. Interested parties may submit a request through the DOH Health Systems Quality Assurance Public Disclosure Unit portal here [ [link removed] ].

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**This notice is intended to comply with RCW 18.130.110.

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