What Happened
A nurse at University of Utah Medical Center was accused in a petition filed with the state Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing of diverting Percocet for her own use.
The petition alleged she signed out Percocet prescribed to patients who had been discharged and had not requested it, and on about 10 occasions substituted plain Tylenol or Tylenol and Motrin combinations to women who had requested Percocet while keeping the Percocet. It also alleged she began taking one to three pills a week away from work and later used Percocet at work; she voluntarily entered a drug dependency program. The division charged her with two counts of violating the state's Nurse Practice Act and Controlled Substance Act, and she faced license sanctions.
What the Record Shows
Faces sanctions against her license; charged by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing with two counts of violating the state's Nurse Practice Act and Controlled Substance Act; had 30 days to respond, after which a hearing could be held or a settlement negotiated; voluntarily entered a drug dependency program earlier that year.
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a news source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: Allegedly signed out Percocet prescribed to patients who had already been discharged and had not requested the drug; on about 10 occasions allegedly gave plain Tylenol or Tylenol and Motrin combinations to women who had requested Percocet and kept the Percocet for her own use; allegedly began taking one to three pills a week away from work and later used Percocet at work.. 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.