State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #3 of 51
North Dakota
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, North Dakota is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 1.39
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 24
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 5,765
- Licensed physicians
- #3
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
North Dakota ranks #3 of 51 at 1.39 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
North Dakota boards reported 24 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 5,765 licensed physicians (1.39 per 1,000; national average 0.81). Public Citizen HRG rates measure enforcement intensity, not misconduct prevalence. The live HHS OIG LEIE extract currently lists 182 federal exclusions tied to North Dakota.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, North Dakota ranks #3 of 51 on RATE at 1.39 per 1,000 (72% above national) and #33 on serious-action VOLUME (24 actions). California leads volume.
- 1.39
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #3
- National rate rank of 51
- 1.72x
- Vs national average rate
- 182
- Federal LEIE exclusions in-state
Rates are annual averages of serious public board actions (2021-2023) over licensed physicians; LEIE exclusions are the live federal extract as of August 2026. Higher rates describe board enforcement intensity, not prevalence of misconduct.
Board docket plate
Board ND · North Dakota 1.39/1k · #3/51
RATE-ELITE · VOL-MID · DUAL-SPLIT · LICENSE-LED · LEIE-MID · BOARD-ND
- RATE-ELITE Elite rate
- VOL-MID Vol #33
- DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
- LICENSE-LED License-led
- LEIE-MID Mid LEIE
- BOARD-ND ND
Nearest rate peer: Michigan (-0.02/1k)
Instrument codes from this board’s Public Citizen HRG rate, serious-action volume dual, LEIE authority family, federal-exclusion density, and jurisdiction code - not a physician-quality grade.
How 182 North Dakota LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of HHS OIG LEIE statutory headings for this state, not the raw top-N category ChartBar below.
Rate neighbourhood around North Dakota
North Dakota LEIE exclusion reasons
Source: HHS Office of Inspector General, List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) + Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Physician Discipline data North Dakota physician disciplinary actions (2021-2023) + active OIG LEIE exclusions · 2024 OIG LEIE updated monthly; FSMB Physician Data Center publishes the consolidated state board action data. Disciplinary action rates normalize against active physician licensee counts at the state level.
High-rate enforcement band
North Dakota in the high-rate third
1.39 serious actions per 1,000 physicians sits in the top third of ranked boards (#3 of 51). LEIE extract: 182 federal exclusions tied to North Dakota.
North Dakota Board of Medicine posts serious actions at 1.72× the national 0.81/1k baseline with heavy volume (24 actions). Higher rates describe enforcement intensity, not misconduct prevalence.
Sources: Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · FSMB physician census · HHS OIG LEIE. Informational only. Methodology.
Recent federal exclusions in North Dakota
182 individuals and entities in North Dakota are currently excluded from Medicare, Medicaid, and all federal healthcare programs by the HHS Office of Inspector General. Category totals sit in the ChartBar above; this table is the live row sample.
| Name | Category | Exclusion Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Hoovestol | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-07-20 |
| Tara Lettenmaier | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-07-20 |
| Amy Jo Sornsin | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-04-20 |
| Levi Warren Theodore Tande | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-04-20 |
| Denise Holt Wolobah | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-03-19 |
| Loving Hearts Homecare LLC | Other Business | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2025-06-19 |
| Clissie Terese Jackson | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2025-06-19 |
| Katie Ann Anderson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2024-10-20 |
| Anna Sebastian-Wilson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2024-09-19 |
| Debhanna Aaker | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2024-08-20 |
| Tanya Muehlbauer | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2024-04-18 |
| Rachel Wede Cooper | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2024-03-20 |
| Tera J Emter | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2024-03-20 |
| Shanon Kackman | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2024-03-20 |
| Kacie Smith | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2024-02-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in North Dakota: 182.
Official medical board record
North Dakota Board of Medicine publishes license and disciplinary orders for North Dakota. File complaints via its published channel ((701) 328-6500).
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide states with similar board discipline profiles
Cross-state peers matched on Public Citizen serious-action rate and volume, not the sequential rank browse.
Similar serious-action rate (per 1,000 physicians)
Data currency: Physician disciplinary actions compiled from Federation of State Medical Boards records, reflecting data through 2023, last refreshed May 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.
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According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group, the Federation of State Medical Boards, and the HHS Office of Inspector General, serious board-action rates and federal exclusions are published in fixed reporting windows. Every figure on PlainDiscipline is rebuilt from those Public Citizen / FSMB board-rate tables and the OIG LEIE extract; no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on public regulatory source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. Data current as of August 2026.
Board rates and LEIE exclusions are published regulatory counts for a fixed reporting window - not physician-quality rankings, medical advice, licensing recommendations, or real-time board-case status. Data changelog