A Louisville Anesthesiologist pled guilty to conspiring with others in his medical practice to issue pre-signed and unsigned prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances. According to court documents, Dr. Lawrence Peters, 62, pled guilty to an Information charging conspiracy to illegally use a Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) registration number issued to another. According to the plea agreement, Dr. Lawrence Peters knowingly and intentionally conspired with others in his medical practice to issue pre-signed and unsigned prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances and further directed his staff to fill the prescriptions at his physician’s owned pharmacy.
