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Board committee fines Dr. Olalekan Okunuga $1,000 and requires 12 hours of continuing education
Summary
A Virginia Board of Dentistry Special Conference Committee adopted sanctions June 27, 2025, assessing a $1,000 penalty against Dr. Olalekan Okunuga and ordering, within six months of entry of the Order, completion of an 8-hour course on recordkeeping and risk management and a 4-hour course on dental billing practices.
A Virginia Board of Dentistry Special Conference Committee on June 27, 2025 adopted sanctions against Dr. Olalekan Okunuga, D.D.S., related to allegations set forth in a Notice to the Board dated Feb. 13, 2025 covering multiple case numbers.
Ms. Erin T. Weaver, deputy executive director, reported that the Committee assessed a $1,000 monetary penalty and ordered that Dr. Okunuga, within six months from the date of entry of the Order, successfully complete an 8-hour continuing education course in recordkeeping and risk management and a 4-hour continuing education course in dental billing practices.
The Committee heard statements from Dr. Okunuga and from John Iweanoge II and Jude Iweanoge, who appeared with Dr. Okunuga. After discussion, Dr. Surya Dhakar moved to adopt the Committee's decision; the motion was seconded and passed. The transcript records that the motion was seconded and passed but does not record individual vote tallies or the identity of the seconder.
Earlier in the meeting, Dr. Jamiah Dawson moved that the Committee convene a closed meeting pursuant to Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(27) for deliberation and decision in the matter; the motion authorized the attendance of Ms. Weaver and Donna Lee in the closed meeting so they could aid the Committee's deliberations. After reconvening, the Committee certified compliance with the closed-meeting requirements.
The Committee also approved the minutes of the Informal Conference conducted on Dec. 6, 2024, and March 21, 2025. With all business concluded, the Committee adjourned at 4:40 p.m.
The transcript lists Case Nos. 219825, 223798, 223799, 225751, and 231413 in connection with the Notice dated Feb. 13, 2025. The Committee's action adopted the sanctions reported by staff; the Order's effective date and any further administrative requirements beyond those reported by staff were not specified in the transcript.
