Former Denton, Texas physician Stanley Charles Evans was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for drug trafficking violations.
Mr. Evans pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances and health care fraud Sept. 12, 2022, according to a May 19 news release.
According to court documents, Mr. Evans unlawfully prescribed an estimated 370,000 dosage units of hydrocodone outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose out of his family medicine practice.
An investigation also found that Mr. Evans would pre-sign opioids for patients exhibiting drug-seeking behavior, and patients were repeatedly able to obtain the strongest prescription for hydrocodone without ever being fully examined or providing any documentation regarding their pain, the release said.