What Happened
Dr. Rudolph B. Puana, an anesthesiologist and pain doctor of Waimea, was found guilty in federal court of 38 counts of distributing oxycodone, one count of distributing fentanyl, and conspiracy, outside the course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.
Reported status: Convicted (2022); sentence not reported in the source.
About This Entry
This entry reports only what the linked source states. Fields the source does not state (for example the employer type, drug schedule or a sentence) are left out rather than inferred, so it is shorter than the registry's fully analysed cases.
Related Guidance
- Hospital Diversion Prevention Checklist — Self-assessment covering the controls that detect and deter diversion.
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and recordkeeping indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to run an internal diversion investigation.
- Employee Screening & Fitness for Duty — Screening and vetting for staff with controlled substance access.