Cutler Bay woman accused of running unlicensed cosmetic surgery recovery home

CUTLER BAY, Fla. — Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a woman they said operated an unlicensed cosmetic surgery recovery facility out of her home in Cutler Bay.

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Deputies said Sandra Elvira-Paez, 44, was also illegally giving patients massages and injections.

Arrest records show Elvira-Paez was taken into custody at the home, located in the 8900 block of Southwest 215th Lane, on Thursday afternoon. She faces four felony charges.

According to an MDSO arrest report, deputies found Elvira-Paez and three post-operative patients at the home. Deputies said there were also two employees, one of whom was her son.

Those patients told deputies that they were receiving care out of the home and paid up to $450 per night for services. They additionally told deputies, according to the report, that Elvira-Paez had given them “numerous” massages and “also injects them with their anti-coagulant medication.”

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According to the report, Elvira-Paez told deputies that she’s licensed to give massages in her native Colombia, but deputies said she’s not licensed to give massages ― or provide “any type of medical services” ― in Florida.

Authorities said Elvira-Paez was also improperly disposing medical waste.

Deputies arrested her on charges including practicing medicine without a license and operating an assisted living facility without a license, plus felony and misdemeanor charges related to improper waste disposal.

Records show she was set to be released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a nearly $11,000 bond Friday.

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