Dr. Virginia Luks

In a professional discipline hearing, the panel found professional misconduct where a dentist implemented a significantly altered surgical treatment plan and extracted additional teeth without the patient's fully informed consent.

The panel held that proposing major changes in the treatment room on the day of surgery and proceeding immediately did not provide an adequate opportunity for meaningful consideration or consultation.

Applying the joint-submission standard, the panel accepted a three-month suspension, remedial education, mentoring, practice monitoring, and costs.

The panel treated the registrant's lengthy prior history before the complaints committee as relevant to remediation and penalty, though not as proof of the underlying prior complaints.