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| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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Traveling Nurse Sentenced for Diverting Opioids at Four Montana Facilities
2022-10-13
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Montana Anaconda, Montana |
Hospital and long-term care/rehabilitation facilities, Montana | Oxycodone, hydrocodone | Withdrew opioids from pharmacy stock without administering or documenting them to patients; altered and destroyed medication logs | not stated | Pleaded guilty to 3 counts of unlawfully obtaining controlled substances; sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison plus 1 year supervised release | none documented | source |
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Registered nurse diverted oxycodone, hydrocodone/acetaminophen, and hydromorphone from patients at a Madison medical center
2022-10
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Wisconsin Madison, WI |
a medical center in Madison, Wisconsin | oxycodone, hydrocodone/acetaminophen, morphine, hydromorphone, and tramadol | Admitted diverting pain medications from patients for personal use over about 1.5 years, totaling approximately 100 patients and 200 dosages; admitted diverting specific doses of oxycodone, hydrocodone/acetaminophen, and liquid hydromorphone on June 12 and 13, 2021; charted that a patient had already received pain medication when the patient asked for it; and pled guilty to acquiring hydrocodone/acetaminophen, oxycodone, and hydromorphone by misrepresentation/fraud/deception by entering patient information into the automated dispensing cabinet and removing controlled substances for personal use. | not stated | Voluntary surrender of nursing license accepted; ordered to pay $904 in costs; cannot petition for reinstatement for at least one year; federal sentence of three years probation and a $3,500 fine. | none documented | source |
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Hospice nurse admitted diverting oxycodone and Oxycontin from two patients
2022-08
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Wisconsin Watertown, WI |
a hospice center | Oxycodone and Oxycontin | The nurse picked up prescriptions for two hospice patients, signed for oxycodone and Oxycontin, delivered fewer tablets than she signed for, and set up e-prescribing requests without physician orders; she admitted to police that she diverted prescription medication from the patients. | not stated | The Board suspended the nurse's license for an indefinite period, stayed the suspension on compliance with treatment, monitoring, and practice restrictions, and restricted the nurse from working in settings with access to controlled substances. | none documented | source |
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Nursing home licensed practical nurse convicted of diverting 638 narcotics pills from residents
2022-06
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Alabama Georgiana, AL |
Georgiana Health and Rehabilitation. Also referred to as Butler County Nursing Home in the Attorney General's release title. | Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Tramadol and Lorazepam | Diverted 638 narcotics pills, including hydrocodone, oxycodone, tramadol and lorazepam, from nursing home residents for whom the medications were intended; thefts occurred between November 5, 2020, and January 19, 2021. | not stated | Pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree theft of property; sentencing set for July 7; faces one to 10 years imprisonment and up to a $15,000 fine for each conviction. | none documented | source |
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York, Pennsylvania Personal Care Home Nurse Sentenced for Stealing a Hospice Patient's Oxycodone
2022-05-23
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Pennsylvania York, Pennsylvania |
Personal care home for senior citizens (York, Pennsylvania) | Oxycodone | Diverted a hospice patient's prescribed pills and falsified records to conceal the theft | not stated | Sentenced to 1 year probation and a $525 fine; surrendered nursing license | $525 (criminal fine) | source |
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Ulster County Dentist Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Oxycodone in a Patient's Name
2022-04-14
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New York Stone Ridge, New York |
Dentist, Stone Ridge, NY practice | Oxycodone | Fraudulently submitted an oxycodone prescription in a patient's name and date of birth for a patient she was not treating, then filled it at a Woodstock, NY pharmacy for her own use | not stated | Pleaded guilty Apr 14, 2022 to acquiring a controlled substance by fraud; agreed to surrender medical license and DEA registration eligibility; sentencing set for Aug 25, 2022 | $100,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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DC nurse and nurse practitioner licenses revoked after oxycodone distribution conviction
2022-04-08
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District of Columbia Washington, DC |
Registered nurse and nurse practitioner licensed in the District of Columbia; employer not identified in the order | Oxycodone | not stated | not stated | not stated | none documented | source |
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Mount Pleasant pharmacy technician charged with stealing OxyContin and Adderall from CVS pharmacy
2022-03
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South Carolina Mount Pleasant, SC |
CVS Pharmacy on Ben Sawyer Boulevard | OxyContin and Adderall | Allegedly stole tablets of OxyContin and Adderall from the pharmacy while working as a pharmacy technician. | not stated | Charged with two counts of theft of a controlled substance; booked into the Al Cannon Detention Center and later released on own recognizance. | none documented | source |
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