OLYMPIA, WA - On August 30, 2022, a Thomas J. Osten (License No. MD00011131) was issued a final order which indefinitely suspended his license to practice medicine in Washington.

Dr. Osten was granted a hearing but refused to respond unless his hearing was in-person. The presiding officer informed Dr. Osten that a default order could be issued if he did not participate. Dr. Osten then failed to appear at the pre-hearing conference. The presiding officer entered an order of default based on Dr. Osten's failure to appear. 

The statement of charges, for which Dr. Osten was to receive a hearing, stated that the doctor raised a patient’s shirt without her permission, made inappropriate jokes, and comments about the patient’s marital status and her appearance.

Dr. Osten was subject to a prior hearing based on similar allegations from three different female patients. Less than two months later, the doctor engaged in similar behavior with the patient in question.

Dr. Osten is found to have committed unprofessional conduct, involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, corruption, sexual misconduct and abuse per RCW 18.130.180 and WAC 246-919-630 and 640. 

Legal documents in this case are available online by visiting the DOH Provider Credential Search website.

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**This notice is intended to comply with RCW 18.130.110.

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