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Attorney General: dental disciplinary referrals rose; board enforcement sees modest backlog progress
Summary
Senior Assistant AG Carl Sani told the Dental Board of California the DOJ's licensing section saw referrals from the board rise from 95 to 141 in the last fiscal year and reported generally steady prosecution intervals; the board's enforcement chief said staffing and targeted unlicensed-practice sweeps have reduced some backlog and recovered $385,607 in costs.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Carl Sani presented the Department of Justice licensing section's annual report to the Dental Board of California on Friday, saying referrals from the board increased from 95 to 141 in the last fiscal year.
"This past fiscal year, we saw a significant increase, up to a 141," Sani told the board, framing the rise as evidence of active investigations and referrals. He said the licensing section uses a ProLAW case-management system and audits its data semiannually to track intervals that legislators asked the office to report on.
Sani highlighted several timing metrics the office tracks: the interval from referral to accusation…
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