WATKINS v. NORTH CAROLINA DENTAL BD.

No. 301A03.

593 S.E.2d 764 (2004)

358 N.C. 190

Paul E. WATKINS, D.D.S., Petitioner, v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Charleston Group, by Freddie Lane, Jr., Fayetteville, for petitioner-appellee.

Ellis & Winters, L.L.P., by Paul K. Sun, Jr.; and Bailey & Dixon, L.L.P., by M. Denise Stanford, Raleigh, for respondent-appellant.

Allen & Pinnix, P.A., by Noel L. Allen and Angela Long Carter, Raleigh, on behalf of North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners and North Carolina Board of Architecture, amici curiae.

North Carolina Medical Board, by Amy Yonowitz and Marcus Jimison, Raleigh, amicus curiae.

Howard A. Kramer, Raleigh, on behalf of North Carolina Board of Nursing, amicus curiae.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., by Johnny M. Loper, Raleigh, on behalf of North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry, amicus curiae.

Young, Moore & Henderson, P.A., by John N. Fountain, Raleigh, on behalf of North Carolina State Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors and North Carolina State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating, and Fire Sprinkler Contractors, amici curiae.

North Carolina State Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors, by David S. Tuttle, Raleigh, amicus curiae.


MARTIN, Justice.

Petitioner, Paul E. Watkins, is a dentist licensed to practice dentistry in North Carolina who limits his practice in this state1 to the specialty area of orthodontics. Based on formal complaints initiated by three of petitioner's patients—John Casto, Conrad Naico, and Sabrina Wolfe—the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners (Dental Board or the Board) held an administrative hearing to determine if petitioner...

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