Crescent Springs dentist's license suspended, under investigation after federal indictment
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A Northern Kentucky dentist accused of illegally prescribing opioids, which ultimately led to a person's death, is barred from practicing dentistry pending the outcome of a state investigation, officials said.
Jay Sadrinia owns and operates four dental practices in Northern Kentucky, including two locations in Crescent Springs, Kentucky, court documents say.
He's currently under investigation by the Kentucky Board of Dentistry following his indictment in federal court in Covington, said Jeff Allen, the agency's executive director.
Allen said there aren't updates on how far along the agency is in its investigation. "However, Dr. Sadrinia’s license has been suspended until further notice while we investigate," Allen wrote in an email to The Enquirer.
Sadrinia, 59, was first licensed to practice dentistry in Kentucky in 1991, the documents say.
He's facing charges including unlawful distribution of oxycodone and morphine sulfate and distribution of morphine sulfate resulting in death or serious bodily injury, court records show.
In August 2020, prosecutors say, Sadrinia prescribed 60 oxycodone pills and 48 morphine sulfate pills to a 24-year-old woman identified in court documents as "C.W."
Documents say C.W. suffered from a drug overdose and died as a result of taking the morphine prescribed to her. Those prescriptions "were not issued for a legitimate medical purpose and outside the scope of professional practice," prosecutors said in court documents.
Prosecutors say Sadrinia prescribed morphine to a patient at least once before and that nearly 80% of his prescriptions over a four-year period were for opioids, adding those prescriptions "were for doses and time periods that do not conform to the appropriate practice of dentistry."
From January 2016 to September 2020, Sadrinia prescribed around 62,943 oxycodone pills to his patients, the documents say.
Robert Kennedy McBride, Sadrinia's attorney, declined to comment on the case when reached by The Enquirer Wednesday afternoon.
Sadrinia faces possible penalties of at least 20 years in prison and fines of $1 million, documents say. If convicted, he may also lose Drug Enforcement Administration registrations required for dentists to prescribe controlled substances.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: NKY dentist's license suspended pending state investigation
