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Virginia Board of Dentistry summarily suspends Dr. Michael E. Krone’s license and schedules formal hearing
Summary
At a Feb. 26 special telephone session, the Virginia Board of Dentistry voted to summarily suspend Dr. Michael E. Krone’s license over findings that his impairment from substance abuse posed a substantial danger to public health or safety and set a formal hearing; vote tally and seconder were not recorded in the minutes.
The Virginia Board of Dentistry convened by telephone on Feb. 26, 2026, and voted to summarily suspend the license of Dr. Michael E. Krone, D.D.S., in case number 252524 and to schedule a formal hearing, the board’s approved minutes show.
Adjudication Consultant Rebecca Smith reviewed information for the Board under Virginia Code § 54.1-2408.1(A) to determine whether Dr. Krone’s impairment from substance abuse constituted a substantial danger to public health or safety. Following Smith’s presentation, Board member J. Michael Martinez de Andino moved that the Board summarily suspend Dr. Krone’s license on the grounds that he is unable to practice dentistry safely due to impairment resulting from substance abuse and that a formal hearing be scheduled. The motion was seconded; the formal minutes do not identify who seconded the motion.
A roll-call vote was taken and the motion passed. The approved minutes do not list the vote tally or individual votes. The special session began at 5:15 p.m. and adjourned at 5:28 p.m. The minutes list seven members present, establishing a quorum; Emelia McLennan, R.D.H., was recorded as absent. Staff on the call included Executive Director Jamie C. Sacksteder and Discipline Case Manager Donna M. Lee. Senior Assistant Attorney General James Rutkowski served as Board counsel.
The board recorded that a formal hearing will be scheduled to address the summary suspension; the minutes do not specify the hearing date or further procedural deadlines. The action was taken pursuant to the authority cited in the minutes, Virginia Code § 54.1-2408.1(A), which provides for summary suspension when a licensed practitioner’s impairment poses a substantial danger to public health or safety.
The minutes show the Board acted on information presented at the special session but do not include evidentiary details from that presentation beyond the consultant’s review or any response by Dr. Krone. The approved minutes therefore record the Board’s administrative action and next procedural step (a scheduled formal hearing) but do not provide vote counts, the identity of the second to the motion, or a hearing date.
