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Showing 224 of 730 cases · page 8 of 28.
| Case / When | Where | Setting | Drug | Method | Role | Prosecution status | Penalty | Source |
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WakeMed nurse charged with stealing fentanyl from IV bag
2024-10
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North Carolina Raleigh, NC |
WakeMed | fentanyl | Allegedly had access to the drug through the job and stole 2,500 mL of fentanyl from an IV bag on Oct. 19. | not stated | Charged with two felony counts: embezzling/diverting a controlled substance by registrant/employee and obtaining possession of a controlled substance by fraud/forgery; arrested Oct. 30; out on bond; next court date Nov. 19; no longer employed by WakeMed. | none documented | source |
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Jackson, Kentucky Clinic Physician Pays $450,000 Over Invalid Prescriptions and Lab Kickbacks
2024-09-27
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Kentucky Jackson, Kentucky |
St. John Neumann's Extended Hours Clinic, a private medical practice in Jackson, Kentucky | Schedule II controlled substances issued via pre-signed prescription pads | Physician pre-signed 94 blank controlled-substance prescriptions so unauthorized staff could complete and issue them to patients he had not evaluated, including while he was out of the country | not stated | Physician and office manager paid $450,000 civil settlement, September 2024; physician agreed to a 15-year exclusion from federal health programs and surrendered his DEA registration | $450,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Dedham Rehabilitation Center Nurse Tampered with Oxycodone Syringes
2024-09-17
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Massachusetts Dedham, Massachusetts |
Rehabilitation center for long-term chronic and post-acute care, Dedham, Massachusetts | Liquid oxycodone | Removed oxycodone from patient syringes, consumed it, and refilled syringes with water or saline before returning them to medication carts | not stated | Sentenced Sept. 2024 to three years of probation after pleading guilty to tampering with a consumer product | none documented | source |
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Savannah-Area Weight-Loss Clinic Physician Pays $100,000 Over Controlled-Substance Recordkeeping Failures
2024-09-11
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Georgia Savannah, Georgia |
Scale Solutions weight-loss clinics, Savannah area, Georgia | Phentermine and phendimetrazine | Physician failed to maintain required inventory and dispensing records for controlled substances and repeatedly moved them from DEA-registered offices to his home | not stated | Physician paid $100,000 civil penalty and accepted two years of increased DEA oversight, September 2024 | $100,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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Hawaii nurse alleged to have swapped a patient's Adderall tablets for Seroquel
2024-09-09
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Hawaii | Treatment center employer operating as Nova Luna Center and ʻAi Pono Hawaii | Adderall (four tablets allegedly taken from a patient's pill packet and replaced with four Seroquel tablets) | not stated | Licensed nurse (charged under Hawaii nursing statute HRS 457 and nursing rules HAR 16-89) | not stated | none documented | source |
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Home care aide accused of failing to administer and account for residents' narcotic medications
2024-09
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Washington | Washington state (residential care setting; employer not named in the release) | narcotic medications | Allegedly failed to document and potentially failed to administer required narcotic medications to multiple residents in her care, and failed to complete required narcotic counts | not stated | Charged with unprofessional conduct by the Home Care Aide Program | none documented | source |
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Maui nurse sanctioned after alleged diversion of Adderall from patient medication packet
2024-08
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Hawaii | Nova Luna Inc., dba Nova Luna Center and 'Ai Pono Hawaii | Adderall and Seroquel | Allegedly diverted four Adderall tablets from a patient's medication pill packet, replaced them with four Seroquel tablets, and had no authorization to possess, obtain, furnish, or administer the Adderall herself. | not stated | Board of Nursing sanctioned the nurse with a $5,000 fine on Aug. 1, 2024, in a board-approved settlement agreement. | none documented | source |
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Okanogan County nurse admitted diverting controlled substances; hydromorphone removal cited
2024-07
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Washington Okanogan County, WA |
Okanogan County, WA | hydromorphone | Removed hydromorphone for multiple patients who did not have orders for hydromorphone and did not document the administration or waste; admitted to diverting controlled substances for approximately two years. | not stated | Entered an agreed order with conditions on registered nurse and advanced registered nurse practitioner licenses; must continue to comply with a monitoring program. | none documented | source |
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