An Iowa nursing home worker charged with dependent adult abuse after being convicted of stealing medications can continue to practice in Iowa, the Iowa Board of Nursing has ruled. The board recently charged registered nurse Rachel Anne Flowers, 43, of Liberty with having a sexual, emotional, social or business relationship with a patient and being […]
Iowa regulators have sanctioned a second state-employed nurse in the 2025 death of an inmate at the Newton Correctional Facility. In October 2025, the Iowa Board of Nursing charged two Department of Corrections nurses — Penny Lynn Daniels of Newton and David Arterburn of Altoona — with committing an act that might adversely affect a patient’s […]
An Iowa nursing home administrator has been fined by state regulators for failing to report a 2019 criminal conviction to licensing authorities. The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators recently charged administrator Brian Douglas Reindl with failure to notify the board within 30 days of a criminal conviction. According to the board, Reindl was working […]
A nurse who landed a job in an Iowa care facility last fall after Nebraska officials labeled him a “significant risk” to the public has agreed to voluntarily surrender his Iowa license. The nurse, Raymond DeLeon of Glenwood, is currently facing a felony charge of neglect or abandonment of a dependent person. Prosecutors allege that […]
A Des Moines therapist accused of business-related theft, fraud and forgery will retain her license to practice in Iowa. In January 2026, the Iowa Board of Behavioral Health Professionals charged state-licensed marital and family therapist Michelle Raye Stewart-Sandusky, 38, of Baxter with being convicted of an offense that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities […]
The Iowa Board of Medicine has dismissed disciplinary charges against a physician who argued Iowa’s “stand your ground” law protected him from sanctions for physically striking a handcuffed, combative patient. State records indicate Dr. Curtis Waite, who practices emergency medicine, was working in the emergency room at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames the night of […]
A central Iowa nurse with a history of disciplinary sanctions related to alleged sexual misconduct and the misappropriation of drugs is again facing charges from state regulators. The Iowa Board of Nursing has charged Rachel L. Blair, 35, of Ankeny with failing to comply with an order of the board, and with violating an agreement […]
Several months after he was criminally charged with sexual abuse and assault, an Iowa massage therapist is now facing sanctions from a state licensing board. The Iowa Board of Massage Therapy has charged Jaden L. Wood, 24, of Cedar Rapids, with unethical conduct, including improper sexual contact with a patient, professional incompetence, and negligence in […]
A physician who worked 18 months at Iowa City’s Veterans Administration Medical Center has been denied a license to practice medicine in Iowa. Under federal regulations, doctors who aren’t licensed in a particular state can still work as physicians at federally operated care facilities, such as those run by the VA, within those same states. […]
State regulators have suspended, without explanation, a nursing home administrator’s license to practice in Iowa. The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators says that in April 2025, it received a complaint against the licensee Marcy Louise Martin, 51, concerning the “management of facility funds and documentation.” The board says the allegations, which it did not […]
