RI Veterinarian Surrenders License After Previously Surrendering License in North Carolina
Friday, August 12, 2022
A Rhode Island veterinarian has surrendered her license to practice in the state -- after surrendering her license in another state.
Now, former Rhode Island vet Dr. Janine Oliver, who had surrendered her license in North Carolina in November 2020 as part of a consent decree, after a number of complaints --- and multiple reprimands were issued by the North Carolina Veterinary Board -- has surrendered her license in Rhode Island.
Oliver was the subject of online petitions started by former colleagues and patients who had followed her path to Rhode Island, alleging a pattern of abuse and neglect.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTGoLocal reached out to Oliver in June, who denied the allegations being made against her; the Rhode Island Department of Health confirmed with GoLocal on June 27 that an investigation into Oliver was underway.
On August 3, Oliver surrendered her Rhode Island license as part of a consent order.
Rhode Island Surrender
According to the Rhode Island consent order, Oliver had applied for a license in Rhode Island in November 2020 — while still licensed in North Carolina.
In December 2020, Oliver was granted a veterinarian license in Rhode Island.
“After issuing the Respondent’s license, RIDOH received information showing that Respondent had failed to sufficiently disclose information called for in the application,” said RIDOH in the order.
An administrative hearing was held on July 15, 2022, at which time RIDOH said “the respondent maintains that she neither intended to withhold information in her application nor intended to deceive RIDOH by omitting information.”
“Respondent wishes to avoid an administrative hearing and agrees to voluntarily enter in a Consent Order to surrender her veterinary license without admitting the charged conduct,” according to the state document
North Carolina
Oliver's case in North Carolina detailed a number of complaints and reprimands in that state.
In one of the letters of reprimand, the Board wrote Oliver showed a “continuing pattern of neglect and lack of observation and attention to [a dog’s] condition.”
The earliest documentation of an action by the North Carolina Veterinary Board against Oliver came in 2018.
The complainant alleged that “errors in the surgery and treatment of her 3.5-year-old female Pit-Bull mix, Angel, led to the dog’s death on 3/7/17.”
The Board found the following.
“With a critical exception, your surgical procedure appears to have been within the standard of care,” the Board wrote. “The Committee finds that your surgical procedure that resulted in a loose ligature on the uterine stump that caused excessive bleeding into the abdomen was not in accord with accepted professional practice and is the basis for this letter.”
It was the consent order in 2020, however, that addressed more than a dozen complaints that year, which is when Oliver agreed to surrender her license in North Carolina — and agreed to never practice there again.
The order showed what had been recommendations of $6500 in civil monetary penalties by the Board, in addition to letters of reprimands in at least three instances.
When Oliver agreed to surrender her license, the Board agreed to waive the monetary penalties and dismissed the remaining 13 complaints.
“Dr. Oliver has signed this Consent Order and agreed to its terms, but her agreement is not an admission of wrongdoing, which she has expressly denied,” wrote the board. “Her agreement is made to avoid time and expense of further proceedings.”
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