Legal Opinion
Green v. Board of Dental Examiners
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 18, 1996No. B090591PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KITCHING, J.
In this appeal, we are asked to consider whether the Board of Dental Examiners (Board) can discipline a dentist for engaging in allegedly consensual sexual relations with his female patients. Under the circumstances of this case, we find that it can.
The Board took disciplinary action against Dr. Elliot Saul Green (Green) as a result of patient complaints of sexual misconduct. Green filed a petition for writ of mandate to set aside the Board’s order. The trial court denied Green’s petition, but remanded the issue of laches to the Board for an evidentiary hearing and…
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