was an LDS church member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of receiving sexual favors from a dentistry patient in return for prescriptions for narcotics

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Kent Hansen was an LDS member and dentist in Spanish Fork, Utah.  Was accused and a civil suit brought against him and his brother,  for receiving sexual favors from a patient in return writing prescriptions for narcotics between 1986-1988.  The Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing suspended Kent Hansen’s license for 120 days

“[Kent] Hansen and his twin brother, Brent [Hansen], have been accused of sexual misconduct, incompetency, over-prescribing drugs and fraudulent Medicaid billing in a petition issued by the state Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing in August 1989.” (Deseret News)

Kent Hansen and Brent Hansen sued the same patient that they exchanged sexual favors for for slander.  The judge ruled in favor of the Hansen twins, and awarded them $1. (This sum is not a typo).

Brent Hansen’s (brother of Kent Hansen) case report can be viewed here https://floodlit.org/a/a569/


4TH DISTRICT COURT – PROVO
UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH
[JANE DOE] vs. KENT B DDS ET AL HANSEN
CASE NUMBER 920400065 {Civil}


 

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  1. WEEPING DENTIST ADMITS TO SEX ACT AT HIS OFFICE
    view source details | 2 Oct 1992 | Deseret News
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201792526/kent_blaine-hansen
    view source details | 2 Aug 2019 | Find a Grave
  3. EX-PATIENT SAYS DENTISTS TRADED DRUGS FOR SEX
    view source details | 1 Oct 1992 | Deseret News
  4. S.L. WOMAN SAYS DENTIST FONDLED HER AT HIS OFFICE
    view source details | 30 Sep 1992 | Deseret News
  5. EX-PATIENT GUILTY OF SLANDERING MIDVALE DENTIST
    view source details | 3 Mar 1993 | Deseret News
  6. Judge Ruled Ex-Patient Guilty of Slander
    view source details | 4 Mar 1993 | The Daily Spectrum

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