What Happened
Former hospital anesthesiologist Hieu Tu Le, 40, of Snohomish, Wash., pleaded guilty Dec. 24, 2013 in Seattle to distributing oxycodone; he admitted writing oxycodone prescriptions for cash and distributing oxycodone for cash between March 2012 and July 2013. No sentence is stated.
Reported status: Pleaded guilty; convicted (2013); 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.