What Happened
State regulators summarily suspended a physician based on investigatory facts showing the physician wrote prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances (Stadol) for patients and then used part or all of the medication for himself.
Investigators also found the physician had asked a number of other physicians to write him personal prescriptions for the same drug The action was taken as an emergency measure pending further Board proceedings.
What the Record Shows
Summary suspension based on investigatory findings of imperative health, safety, and welfare concerns
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: Alleged to have written prescriptions for patients for a controlled dangerous substance and then used part or all of the medication himself, and to have asked other physicians to write him personal prescriptions for the same drug. 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.