Classification for Providers Who Write Prescriptions for Controlled Substances

• have limited knowledge of drugs and non-drug options, especially for pain management?

• prescribe for family and friends without maintaining a patient record?

• unaware of signs or symptoms of drug dependency?

• isolated from peers?

• make no attempt to expand knowledge and learning?

• gullible?

• leave prescription pads readily accessible to others?

• presign blank prescriptions?

• writes prescription for patients who come in asking for a specific drug?

• never refuses a request from a patient?

• sell drugs for money, sex, street drugs, or services?

• attract drug-seeking patients?

• write prescriptions for known addicts?

• take samples of controlled substances for own use?

• ask staff to pick up prescriptions written in their names?

• use another doctor's DEA number to write prescriptions?

• call in prescriptions for family members or patients and later picks it up for own use?