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uphold personal honor and integrity and to cooperate in protecting and advancing, by every lawful
means, the interests of the American Medical Technologists and its Members.”

While Bewley may have been frustrated and under pressure by his employer to complete his
recertification, it is no excuse for the inappropriate language and abusive nature of his correspondence.
Although the Judiciary Committee did not disqualify him from becoming recertified based on this
particular incident, the committee nevertheless admonished him to be fully aware of the consequences
of writing offensive emails and the ramifications that may follow. And while the committee does not
believe Bewley poses a serious threat to cause harm or to disrupt a state society meeting, because of
the racially charged nature of his email communications the committee notified the DC/DE/MD society
of the offensive emails and the admonishment.

Caitlin Green
Reno, NV 89512

On August 20, 2019, the AMT staff received details of an incident report from Shannon
Ransford, the Office Manager of the clinic for Mark P. Schumaker, MD, LTD.
The report stated that on 8/15/2019, Green was caught in the act of taking pictures of personnel charts.
While the office manager was at lunch, Green allegedly entered the manager’s office and “broke into”
the cabinet where the office personnel charts were kept and proceeded to take pictures of the charts to
compare co-workers’ rates of pay. Green then proceeded to send the images to another employee.
Upon discovery she was terminated from her position. Additional investigation determined that Green
was also taking pictures of patient charts if left open and unattended on management desks, which, if
true, would be a clear violation of applicable privacy laws.

The proposed revocation letter was sent on August 27, 2019. Ms. Green promptly responded by
email and phone and disputed the office manager’s version of events. She explained that all employees
had access to the manager’s office and the file drawers. She denied taking pictures of patient records.
She expressed concern that the office manager had regularly left patient charts open on her desk for
anyone to see, including cleaning crews. A co-worker corroborated Ms. Green’s account of the
situation.

The committee determined that an admonishment was the appropriate sanction after reviewing
Ms. Green’s response that was verified by a co-worker. She was admonished to be to be respectful of
office administrative policies and the importance of safeguarding patients’ personal health information.

Ms. Angela Alexander
Midlothian, IL 60445

On January 24, 2020, the AMT office received a complaint via email from Robette Jackson
Mason. Ms. Mason stated that her privacy rights had been violated while she was a patient at Advocate
Medical Beverly center where Alexander worked as a medical assistant. Ms. Mason states that on
September 3, 2013, Alexander made several posts about her on Facebook which pertained to her
medical status. She states that she immediately contacted a manager at Advocate, Yolanda Young, who
conducted an investigation and determined that Alexander had in fact accessed Ms. Mason’s medical
records without authorization on numerous occasions, along with personal health information of other
Advocate patients. Ms. Mason claims that Alexander not only retrieved her medical records without her
consent, but she posted her medical information on social media and made jokes about the findings.

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