title: Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline: Illustration of the disciplinary process as it pertains to cases involving opioid prescribing.
abstract: Prescription-drug overuse/overdose and misuse is an important and pivotal issue to state medical boards. This is an illustration of how some cases involving overprescribing of opioids have been addressed by the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline.
authors.affiliation: Chief Administrative Officer, Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline, Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: James V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004647:Employee Discipline / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D033161:Government Regulation; D057970:Inappropriate Prescribing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008007:Licensure, Medical; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063487:Prescription Drug Misuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D012237:Rhode Island; D013044:Specialty Boards
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid