State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #44 of 51
Utah
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, Utah is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.39
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 17
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 14,471
- Licensed physicians
- #44
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
Utah ranks #44 of 51 at 0.39 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
Utah boards reported 17 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 14,471 licensed physicians (0.39 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 777 federal exclusions tied to Utah.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, Utah ranks #44 of 51 on RATE at 0.39 per 1,000 (52% below national) and #39 on serious-action VOLUME (17 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.39
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #44
- National rate rank of 51
- 0.48x
- Vs national average rate
- 777
- 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 UT · Utah 0.39/1k · #44/51
RATE-TRACE · VOL-TRACE · DUAL-OFFSET · LICENSE-LED · LEIE-DENSE · BOARD-UT
- RATE-TRACE Trace rate
- VOL-TRACE Vol #39
- DUAL-OFFSET Rate/volume offset
- LICENSE-LED License-led
- LEIE-DENSE Dense LEIE
- BOARD-UT UT
Nearest rate peer: District of Columbia (+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 777 Utah 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 Utah
Utah 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 Utah 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.
Lower-rate enforcement band
Utah in the lower-rate third
0.39/1k sits in the bottom third of ranked boards (#44 of 51). LEIE extract: 777 federal exclusions tied to Utah.
Rate sits 52% below the national baseline . Complaint volume, confidential remediation, and board rules can all depress published rates.
Sources: Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · FSMB physician census · HHS OIG LEIE. Informational only. Methodology.
Recent federal exclusions in Utah
777 individuals and entities in Utah 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Catt | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Thomas Eugene Draschil | Physician | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Michelle Marie Herring | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-08-20 |
| Adam E Binneboese | Physician | Conviction: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-07-20 |
| Kauata L Bloomfield | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-07-20 |
| Kaycen Warren Caldwell | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-07-20 |
| Suzanne M Watson | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Deaun Larson Holdaway | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Susan Marie Wheatley | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-05-20 |
| Jackie Janee Alvarado | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-04-20 |
| Craig R Berntson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-04-20 |
| Amy Elizabeth Brutinel | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-04-20 |
| Angeline Marie Lueb | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-04-20 |
| Jayden Parker Sever | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-01-20 |
| William Oscar Clark | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2025-10-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in Utah: 777.
Official medical board record
Utah Division of Professional Licensing - Physicians publishes license and disciplinary orders for Utah. File complaints via its published channel ((801) 530-6628).
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)
- District of Columbia · 0.41/1k · 16 serious actions
- New Jersey · 0.37/1k · 51 serious actions
- Idaho · 0.42/1k · 12 serious actions
- Hawaii · 0.36/1k · 12 serious actions
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- Wyoming · 17 serious actions · 0.95/1k
- Indiana · 16 serious actions · 0.17/1k
- District of Columbia · 16 serious actions · 0.41/1k
- Alaska · 15 serious actions · 0.90/1k
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