Audit reveals procedural missteps, possible ethical concerns within state dental board

A scathing audit digging into the state’s dental licensing board identified multiple ethical and procedural shortcomings in board operations, oversight and enforcement, in what Gov. Steve Sisolak called the most “egregious” audit report in his two decades in elected office.

Members of the Executive Branch Audit Committee (composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer and controller) on Tuesday heard details of the dental board’s audit report, which identified numerous issues with board operations including possibly overlapping and ineffective procedures for hearing and resolving complaints and certain board members not disclosing potential conflicts of interest before casting votes or possibly using their position for personal gain.

Audit findings were sharply disputed by an attorney for the board, but Sisolak and other members of the committee said they found the audit report and subsequent response from the board to be “very concerning.”

“I’ve been 10 years on (the) system of higher education audit board, 10 years on the County Commission, I have never seen an audit this egregious, ever, in over 20 years,” the governor said during the meeting.

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