Is it a felony or a misdemeanor if the secretary at the dr's office calls in a prescription for narcotics (pain pills, valium, sleeping pills...) to the pharmacy w/o the dr's knowledge? What are the penalties? What about going across the boarder to get them, are there consequences?
2007-02-11 15:12:25 · 4 answers · asked by Lucia Sugarbair 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
1) She'd get fired. She would lose all benefits except her vested amount in her 401k or similar.
2) She could get arrested. If a first time offence, a good attorney might get a plea bargain down to a misdemeanor. Otherwise it's a federal felony offense.
3) In any case, she would have humongous fine and legal bills, possibly jail time.
4) She would have great difficultygetting a job in the medical field ever again, and moderate difficulty getting any sort of a job again. Remember, more and more employers are doing background checks on their employees, especially those in responsible positions.
2007-02-13 08:25:50 · answer #1 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a felony... she might as well tell everyone and her job good bye..cause i guarantee she will get caught... she must really be stupid to be doing things like that... Im sure the prison has one more opening for people like her...
2007-02-11 23:40:38 · answer #2 · answered by ~~~Buffy~~~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, any time you transport drugs such as those across international borders, it's very bad. They might as well bring over a couple kilo's of Cocaine with them on the trip back.
2007-02-12 03:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it involves narcotics it is a felony
2007-02-11 23:26:28 · answer #4 · answered by Bio-student Again(aka nursegirl) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋