Legal Opinion
Lang v. Dental Quality Assurance Commission
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 26, 2007No. 24473-3-IIIPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶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 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) and the Medical Quality Assurance Commission (Medical Commission) each charged the doctors with allowing unlicensed employees to start intravenous (TV) lines and administer general anesthetic in violation of RCW…
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