by Alex Lloyd Gross
Becoming a doctor is expensive and time consuming. The schooling and continuing education is exhausting. That is what is maddening about the profession, to hear about someone that invested many thousands of dollars and years of their life to throw it all away. Dr. Richard Alan Kondan, 59, will spend the next 2 and a half to six years in prison wondering what went wrong.
He plead nolo contendere plea to a felony count of unlawful prescription of a controlled substance by a practitioner. This is the same as a guilty plea. He would prescribe opioids to patients without a proper office examination, did not keep accurate records and it was also discovered that he regularly prescribed many patients dangerous combinations of Oxycodone and other prescription medication, for 16 years in some instances, authorities said.
There was a joint investigation into the doctor by the Office of Attorney General and Bucks County Detectives Drug Strike Force, which was created in 2017 to fight the opioid crisis. Charges against Kondan were recommended by the Bucks County Investigating Grand Jury.
Upon his release he will also do 200 hours of community service.