What Happened
A Maryland general practice physician was summarily suspended after the Board's investigation found evidence of addiction to controlled substances, a narcotics overdose, and a pattern of writing prescriptions to family members and office staff without keeping medical records.
Patients were also allegedly permitted to create and retain their own medical records. The action was an emergency summary suspension based on investigative findings, not a final adjudicated finding.
What the Record Shows
Summary suspension
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a primary source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: Board investigative findings alleged the physician was addicted to CDS, overdosed on narcotics in December 2008, and wrote multiple prescriptions to family members and office staff without maintaining medical records, while allowing patients to keep their own medical records.. Board and news records are a lagging indicator - by the time a licensing authority or a reporter learns of a diversion, the diversion was normally detected internally first, which makes each entry a signal that inventory reconciliation, waste observation or dispensing oversight failed earlier.