Virginia Board of Dentistry summarily suspends Dr. Trina B. Collins' license, schedules formal hearing

The Virginia Board of Dentistry voted on Feb. 5, 2026, to summarily suspend the license of Trina B. Collins, D.D.S., after an adjudication consultant presented case information the Board concluded showed her practice constituted a substantial danger to public health or safety. The telephone special session began at 5:15 p.m. under the authority of Virginia Code § 54.1-2408.1(A).

Board members polled whether they could attend in Richmond and, with eight members present, established a quorum. Carolann McNicol, an adjudication consultant, reviewed the materials in case numbers 243718 and 247727 and answered members’ questions about the risk posed by Dr. Collins’ practice. Executive Director Jamie C. Sacksteder and Discipline Case Manager Donna M. Lee were listed as staff present; James Rutkowski, Senior Assistant Attorney General, served as Board counsel.

Jennifer Szakaly, D.D.S., moved that the Board summarily suspend Dr. Collins’ license and schedule a formal hearing on the matter. Following a second, a roll call vote was taken and the motion passed. The minutes record that the motion carried; individual vote tallies or the identity of the second were not specified in the minutes. The formal hearing was scheduled but no date was recorded in the minutes.

The Board adjourned the telephone session at 5:32 p.m. The Board’s minutes state the action was taken to protect public health or safety; the record of the formal hearing and any written findings or orders will provide the full rationale and the specific terms of the suspension.