LANG v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 24473-3-III.

156 P.3d 919 (2007)

Melanie S. LANG, DDS and Mark C. Paxton, DDS, Appellants, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Dental Quality Assurance Commission and Washington State Department of Health, Medical Quality Assurance Commission, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

April 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Cornelius Versnel III, Vanessa Vanderbrug, Lawrence and Versnel PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Susan L. Pierini, Assistant Attorney General, Steven Thomas Skelton, Office of Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.


KULIK, J.

¶ 1 Dr. Melanie Lang and Dr. Mark Paxton own a surgical practice and perform cosmetic and dental surgeries that require patients to be under general anesthesia. Dr. Lang is a both a licensed medical doctor and a licensed dentist. Dr. Paxton is a licensed dentist. Following a complaint to the Department of Health (Department), the Dental Quality Assurance Commission (Dental Commission) charged the doctors with allowing unlicensed employees to start intravenous...

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