Eric C. Greenberg – Unjustifiable Prescriptions/Substance Abuse

Eric C. Greenberg – Substance Abuse/Unjustifiable Prescriptions

ACTIONS TAKEN:

Revocation - 5/9/2011

Summary Suspension - 4/16/2009

PREVIOUS ACTIONS TAKEN:

Probation (3 yrs) – 6/27/2007

Termination of probation – 8/3/2006

Probation 5/24/2006

BOARD AWARE OF ISSUE:

Pharmacist complaint to Division of Drug Control – 10/24/2008    

QUOTES FROM DISCIPLINARY ACTION DOCUMENTS: 

--“The Board found that the public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action based on, including but not limited to, a positive test for cocaine, prescribing medications to family members, and his prescribing practices of CDS.”

--“The Board found that the physician prescribed drugs for illegal or illegitimate medical purposes, is guilty of unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine and that he is professionally, physically, or mentally incompetent to practice medicine. The physician prescribed excessive amounts of CDS in the absence of any illness that would reasonably call for those prescriptions.”

TIME LAG ON ACTION:

6 MONTHS