Screenshot of a video showing Dr. Windell Davis-Boutte dancing during a surgery. Screenshot of a video showing Dr. Windell Davis-Boutte dancing during a surgery.

Cosmetic surgeon Windell Davis-Boutte, aka the “dancing doctor”—whose videos of herself and her staff dancing, rapping and groping sedated patients undergoing procedures went viral—has agreed to pay $190,000 to settle claims with the office of Attorney General Chris Carr that she violated the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act. 

Under the terms of the consent agreement, 38 patients of Davis-Boutte’s clinics—Premiere Dermatology & Surgery, Laser & Boutique and Boutte Contour Surgery & Dermatology—will have six months to file claims for restitution for services they paid for but never received and for which they were not reimbursed. 

The agreement, finalized in DeKalb County Superior Court, said the AG’s Office of Consumer Affairs determined that Davis-Boutte had claimed on her website to be “board certified” in “surgery,” “cosmetic surgery” and “skin surgery,” when she was in fact only certified as a dermatologist by the American Board of Dermatology. 

“It is incredibly dangerous and irresponsible for a medical provider to fabricate such information, and our office will hold accountable those who intentionally misrepresent their qualifications,” said Carr in a statement. 

Going forward, any claims made about Davis-Boutte or her staff as to their qualifications must “clearly and conspicuously” cite the credentials and the name of any certifying agency, the order said. 

The order stipulates that Davis-Boutte’s consent “shall not be considered an admission of violation of the FBPA,”  nor does it constitute approval of her business practices by the attorney general’s office.

The order makes no mention of Davis-Boutte’s internet fame or of the medical malpractice suits and complaints filed against her with the Georgia Composite Medical Board, which suspended her license last year.

Davis-Boutte sued the board last year but dismissed the complaint shortly afterward. 

Her attorney, Rodney Eason, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.