The Anamosa State Penitentiary. (Photo courtesy of Iowa Department of Corrections)
The Iowa Dental Board has reinstated the license of a Waterloo dentist convicted of being intoxicated at the state prison where he was providing dental care for inmates.
State records show that in December 2023, Paymun Bayati, also identified in board records as Payum Bayati, was arrested at Anamosa State Penitentiary shortly after completing a root canal on a patient inmate. Bayati was charged with public intoxication and was convicted in April 2024. He subsequently agreed to voluntarily surrender his license for at least one year…