Nelson pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful distribution of oxycodone, but federal prosecutors believe he illegally provided controlled substances to at least 14 other patients.
A long-time Nassau County doctor was ordered to close his practice and surrender his license for overprescribing highly addictive pain pills, according to court documents.
The disgraced doctor had been practicing medicine for nearly 50 years. His East Norwich office on Oyster Bay Road is now shuttered and up for rent. He was sentenced to six months in prison, three years of supervised released with six months of home confinement and must pay a $20,000 fine.
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