Regulatory Action against “Nutritionist” Joyce Tasker Appeal
Joyce M. Tasker Appellant v DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondents. | | | | | | | | | | | NO. 35144-7-11 UNPUBLISHED OPINION PENOYAR, J. — Joyce Tasker appeals from the Department of Health’s (DOH) decision that she engaged in the unlicensed practice of medicine and veterinary medicine. The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ordered her to cease and desist and issued a fine for her unlicensed practices. Pro se, Tasker appealed the ALJ’s decision to the trial court. The trial court affirmed and she now appeals to this court. We affirm. FACTS These facts are from the Department of Health Adjudicative Service Unit’s factual findings. I. Facts Relating to Tasker’s “Practice of Medicine” Joyce Tasker resides in Colville, Washington. She has …
Continue Reading >Regulatory Action against “Nutritionist” Joyce Tasker
In 2006, the Washington Department of Health ordered Joyce M. Tasker of Coleville, Washington, to stop practicing medicine and veterinary medicine without a license. The department’s motion for summary judgment (shown below) stated that Tasker, who had never held a license to provide any type of health-care, had been using electrodermal testing (EDT) to diagnose a wide variety of problems in humans and animals. Tasker appealed to her local trial court and then to the Court of Appeals, both of which upheld the Health Department’s decision. EDT is a bogus procedure based on the notion that health problems can be detected by measuring skin resistance to a tiny electrical current. STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ADJUDICATIVE SERVICE UNIT In the Matter of the Unlicensed …
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