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Mr. Gartin had possession of the Ohio State Society printer that was purchased for him when he
was acting as the society’s secretary. Gartin resigned as secretary in September 2018. After numerous
requests by the OHSSAMT board for Gartin to either pay for the printer or return it, the situation was
referred to the Judiciary Committee. After weeks of frustrating communication leading to a proposed
revocation of Mr. Gartin’s certification, the OHSSAMT finally received payment for the printer on June 3,
2019. Following receipt of Gartin’s payment, the disciplinary case was dismissed without further
sanction.

Admonishments:

Kaitlyn Allen, RMA(AMT)
Bunnlevel, NC 28323

On May 16, 2019, the AMT office received an email from the Human Resources Manager of
Central Carolina Hospital, a Duke Lifepoint Hospital. She indicated that on May 15, 2019, Allen failed to
follow up with a patient and that other patient medical records were being reviewed for her
documentation omissions. On July 12, 2019, the practice manager at Central Carolina Community
Family Care provided additional information, stating that the chart reviews of Allen’s documentation
revealed that while Allen was working as a medical assistant at the clinic, Allen repeatedly failed to enter
vaccine administrations into the patient’s chart; failed to contact patients who needed to schedule
follow-up laboratory testing; failed to return calls to patients who had left a message; and failed to
export lab results to another provider when requested.

Although the alleged documentation errors and omissions could constitute a breach of the
applicable standard of care and therefore a violation of the AMT Standards of Practice, no evidence was
presented that Allen deliberately failed to document in the medical records or to communicate to
patients. The committee learned that a training session was conducted with clinic staff following the
chart review. The Judiciary Committee accordingly admonished Allen to be fully aware of
documentation requirements and the ramifications to Allen and her employer when documentation is
incorrect or omitted. The admonishment letter was emailed and sent by US mail on July 18, 2019.

Allen responded immediately to the email stating that she had resigned from this employment
on May 3, 2019, after giving a two-week notice. She started a new job with a different employer on May
6, 2019. Since she was no longer an employee, the alleged omissions occurring on May 15th were not
possible. Allen stated that all of her documentation was completed, and if omissions ever were brought
to her attention, they were corrected. Allen provided documentation of her current employment dates
and the case was dismissed.

Richard Bewley, RPT
Annapolis, MD

On July 10, 2019, Bewley was trying to reach AMT staff concerning his pending recertification
application while they were in an employee training session. The AMT website indicated that staff
would not be available to answer questions during this time. When he was unable to reach staff by
phone, Bewley sent a series of emails expressing his frustration. The language used in Bewley’s email
communication to the AMT staff was very offensive and included racial epithets, and as such violated
Article X of the AMT Standards of Practice. Article X states that “The AMT professional pledges to

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