What Happened
Jared Scott, 35, of West Warwick, a former nurse at the Providence VA Medical Center, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to tampering with a consumer product and acquiring a controlled substance by deception; he removed liquid opioids from vials and replaced them with saline.
Reported status: Pleaded guilty; sentenced (2019) to 24 months in prison.
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.