Leora Laichter

Dental Degree

2006

University of Western Ontario, Canada

Current Certificate(s) of Registration and Date(s) of Issuance

General

September 15, 2016

Previous Certificate(s) of Registration

General

July 17, 2006 - September 15, 2019

Initial Date of Registration

July 17, 2006

Case File: 150064

Decision Date:

December 06, 2015

Caution

As a result of its investigation of a formal complaint, the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee decided to caution Dr. Laichter as follows:

     •    As a dentist, you are responsible for your own patients’ treatment. You should consider yourself responsible for any amounts paid by them to your office. Even if you are an associate in a dental office, it should not be the responsibility of patients to ensure that you, personally, are paid, nor should patients be made to feel that this is their responsibility.

     •    Difficulties that arise with respect to the administration of a dental practice should not be revisited upon its patients. In arranging for the transfer of your patients from your former practice to your new practice, you should have communicated clearly to your patients that they were not required to pay out-of-pocket to cover pre-paid amounts that could not be recovered from your former practice.

Case File: 180192

Decision Date:

January 19, 2021

Caution

Current Status:

Completed

As a result of its investigation of a complaint, the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee decided to caution Dr. Leora Laichter as follows:

• Insurance submissions must be accurate, particularly in Dr. Laichter’s case, given her history of having issues in this regard. 

• Additional in-house fees cannot simply be added onto external laboratory costs and must be separately itemized and billed. 

• For the sake of patient protection, Dr. Laichter must ensure that any external practitioners that she uses in the course of her practice are properly registered and/or supervised as mandated by the regulator of that particular profession. 

• Dr. Laichter must be extraordinarily cautious that her conduct reflects lessons she has learned from her prior conduct history, including having been found guilty of professional conduct by the Discipline Committee for various conduct including, but not limited to, knowingly submitting false insurance claims in order to maximize coverage under patient plans and recordkeeping deficiencies. As a result of the findings of guilt, Dr. Laichter received a 12-month suspension of her certificate of registration with the College and was required to take a course in professional ethics, among other things. 

Case File: H140026

Date of Decision:

June 15, 2015

Allegations:

Guilty

• Charged excessive or unreasonable fees
• Contravened a standard of practice or failed to maintain the standards of practice of the profession
• Failed to keep records as required by the Regulations
• Recommended or provided an unnecessary dental service
• Signed a certificate, report or similar document that contained a false, misleading or improper statement
• Submitted a false or misleading account or charge
• Used a name other than the member's name as set out in the Register in the course of providing or offering dental services

Penalty:

• $5000 to be paid to College
• Imposed Course/Training comprehensive hands-on course re: Standard of Practice for Dental CT Scans & HARP and the College’s by law on dental CT scanners
• Imposed Course/Training professional ethics ProBE Ethics program
• Imposed Mentoring Program to review/assess appropriateness of dental CT scans Must retain a mentor to review and assess patient records and treatment plans prior to all dental CT scans being prescribed and taken, in addition to approving and ensuring that there is justification to prescribe and take dental CT scan. Mentor is also to ensure that there is appropriate recordkeeping, interpretation and reporting of the dental CT scan as well as appropriate billing/claiming of the dental CT scan in adherence with the College’s Standard of Practice Mentor is to provide initial report to College within 30 days of being retained and every 2 months thereafter
• Imposed Practice Monitoring (office visits) for 24 months following completion of courses and mentoring program
• Imposed Practice Restriction shall not prescribe/take CT scans until completion of course & commencement of mentoring program
• Imposed Reporting to College within 90 days, must cease using reference to the name Leora Laichter or any/all communications in the provision of dental services, unless and until a legal name change is made with the College (by October 15, 2015)
• Reprimand must attend for a reprimand within 90 days of Order (by October 15, 2015)
• Suspension 12 months - effective Sep 15, 2015 to Sep 14, 2016

Terms, Conditions and Limitations In Effect

Appealed:

No

Publications:

(See link to Decision Summary)

Decision Summary