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State officials defend licensing oversight process
by Outspoken on Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:58 am
FARMINGTON: State officials defend licensing oversight process
BY BETTY JESPERSEN
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
FARMINGTON -- The state office that licenses dozens of professional occupations carefully reviews all documents submitted by applicants who also have to undergo a criminal background check, a spokesman for the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation said Tuesday.
But the Industry man who worked for nearly a year as a physical therapist at a Farmington nursing home allegedly had altered his license as a physical therapist assistant.
Brent A. Dellarma, 44, who lives at 293 West Mills Road, was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury last week on charges of aggravated forgery and two counts of theft by deception, all felonies; and for the unlicensed practice of physical therapy, a misdemeanor.
According to the department, which licenses more than 100,000 people in Maine in about 40 professional occupations, Dellarma had a legitimate license as an assistant physical therapist.
When he received his license in 1995, he presented a transcript to the state indicating he had attended the school now known as Kennebec Valley Community College and had completed the assistant's program, said Douglas Dunbar, assistant to the commissioner at the agency.
"There are no records of Mr. Dellarma ever applying for a physical therapist license and no indication that he ever received a credential from the Department other than his long-standing PTA (physical therapist assistant)," Dunbar said.
"Staff members in the Office of Licensing and Registration carefully review all documents submitted by applicants," he said. "They take action when any indication of problems is detected."
What people do with their license after they receive it is out of the control of the state, he said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5621447.html
BY BETTY JESPERSEN
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
FARMINGTON -- The state office that licenses dozens of professional occupations carefully reviews all documents submitted by applicants who also have to undergo a criminal background check, a spokesman for the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation said Tuesday.
But the Industry man who worked for nearly a year as a physical therapist at a Farmington nursing home allegedly had altered his license as a physical therapist assistant.
Brent A. Dellarma, 44, who lives at 293 West Mills Road, was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury last week on charges of aggravated forgery and two counts of theft by deception, all felonies; and for the unlicensed practice of physical therapy, a misdemeanor.
According to the department, which licenses more than 100,000 people in Maine in about 40 professional occupations, Dellarma had a legitimate license as an assistant physical therapist.
When he received his license in 1995, he presented a transcript to the state indicating he had attended the school now known as Kennebec Valley Community College and had completed the assistant's program, said Douglas Dunbar, assistant to the commissioner at the agency.
"There are no records of Mr. Dellarma ever applying for a physical therapist license and no indication that he ever received a credential from the Department other than his long-standing PTA (physical therapist assistant)," Dunbar said.
"Staff members in the Office of Licensing and Registration carefully review all documents submitted by applicants," he said. "They take action when any indication of problems is detected."
What people do with their license after they receive it is out of the control of the state, he said.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5621447.html
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