| Complaint: | Complaint 19-91 |
|---|---|
| Respondent: | Joshua Winston |
| Premises: | Sun City West Animal Hospital |
The complainant says that she used to work at the practice and also took her dogs there. She says that another clinic called them and faxed them several times to obtain her records, but they were told that they had no records on file for them. She points out that she knows they had them and that she had taken her dogs there in the past three years (so legally they have to have them).
Winston begins by telling us he's surprised and that his "feelings are a little hurt." He says that the complainant was terminated and that it's never a pleasant thing to terminate an employee. He says that a few weeks ago a receptionist said that they were asked for the dogs' records and he thought nothing more of it; he says he thought she took all the records with her when she left. He says that they eventually did send some records over to the other clinic and asks why the complainant or the veterinarian didn't do more to ask for the missing records; he says that the veterinarian could have called him or sent a certified letter rather than the complainant just running to the Board. He says if he had known they were missing he would have done something about it but everyone thought the complainant took the record in question when she left. He also says that he doesn't "want to manufacture motives for this situation" but generally they don't have electronic records and several records for the complainant's pets are missing. He really hopes he doesn't run afoul of some law saying that he needs to have those copies.
The Investigative Committee said they spoke to both parties and there's only one lab result that can't be found. They say that can be found by getting in contact with the lab. They also say Winston had "no reason" to keep the records from the complainant and found no violation.
| Source: | September 9, 2019 PM Investigative Committee Meeting |
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| People: | |
| Joshua Winston | Respondent |
| Roll Call: | |
| Adam Almaraz | Aye |
| Amrit Rai | Aye |
| Brian Sidaway | Aye |
| Christine Butkiewicz | Aye |
| William Hamilton | Aye |
| Result: | Passed |
| Source: | October 10, 2019 Board Meeting |
|---|---|
| Proposed By: | Nikki Frost |
| Seconded By: | Jessica Creager |
| Roll Call: | |
| Christina Bertch-Mumaw | Absent |
| Darren Wright | Aye |
| J Greg Byrne | Absent |
| Jane Soloman | Aye |
| Jessica Creager | Aye |
| Jim Loughead | Aye |
| Nikki Frost | Aye |
| Robyn Jaynes | Aye |
| Sarah Heinrich | Aye |
| Result: | Passed |
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