Criminal Prosecutions against Doctors for Overprescribing Scheduled Drugs

Criminal prosecutions against doctors for overprescribing scheduled drugs: how the Supreme Court totally changed the rules to protect doctors in the fight against the opioid epidemic.

This webinar starts with some basics of the standard of care and examples of state licensure laws applicable to doctors who prescribe scheduled drugs. These rules also apply to other health care professionals with prescriptive authority under state law and a certificate to prescribe scheduled drugs from the federal government.

The webinar segues into an overview of the Controlled Substances Act and how prosecutions against doctors for overprescribing drugs are subject to vulnerability.

The Supreme Court set a new, high standard for criminal prosecutions against doctors for overprescribing drugs under the Controlled Substances Act making it much harder to prosecute doctors for alleged violations, and how these new standards protect doctors who use their professional skill and judgment in writing prescriptions for pain killers.

Erase the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the new standards from the Supreme Court which now protect doctors and the proper application of their discretion and their professional judgment from prosecutors bent on jailing doctors as part of the war on drugs.

• The basics of the standard of care for doctors who prescribe painkillers
• Examples of state licensure laws that govern a doctor's prescriptive authority to prescribe scheduled drugs
• Examples of other health care practitioners who have prescriptive authority and a certificate from the federal government to prescribe controlled substances
• An overview of the Controlled Substances Act and how prosecutions against doctors for overprescribing drugs are subject to vulnerability.
• An analysis of the Supreme Court decision set a new standard for criminal prosecutions against doctors
• An examination of how the new rules from the Supreme Court protect doctors who use their sound discretion to prescribe painkillers to their patients
• Tips and techniques covering new defenses to doctors and how expert witness testimony will be even more crucial to defending the health care practitioner from criminal prosecution.

• Health care attorneys
• Corporate compliance officers in health care
• Medical records staff of medical offices and health care entities
• Hospital attorneys; health care practitioners who are covered entities
• Law enforcement officers in health care compliance; state boards and agencies with jurisdiction over state licenses to practice a health care profession