November 10, 2005

The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has summarily suspended the dental license of Harold O. Steele III, D.D.S., based on his criminal convictions in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court of Montcalm County.

On August 11, 2005, Steele pled no contest to two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct, 4th Degree, sexual contact with a person who was at least 13 years of age and under 16 years of age. As a result, Steele was sentenced to prison for a maximum period of two years.

On November 7, 2005, MDCH issued an order immediately suspending Steele’s license pursuant to the Public Health Code, which provides for the mandatory summary suspension of a health professional’s license upon the conviction of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a maximum period of two years. An administrative hearing will be scheduled to address the status of Steele’s dental license.

For more information on disciplinary actions taken by the health professional licensing boards within MDCH, please go to http://www.michigan.gov/mdch, and click on Health Systems and Licensing.