Crime & Safety
Encino Urgent Care Doctor Faces 8 Felony Drug Charges
If convicted as charged, Dr. Yahya Hedvat could face up to seven years and eight months in county jail, according to the District Attorney's Office.
An Encino doctor was arrested Thursday in connection with charges that he prescribed various narcotic drugs without a legitimate medical need.
Dr. Yahya Hedvat, who runs an Encino medical clinic called "Urgent Care," is charged with eight felony counts of unlawful prescribing a controlled substance, including hydrocodone and clonazepam.
The 68-year-old physician is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Hedvat, an internal medicine specialist, is accused of prescribing various narcotic drugs to undercover California Medical Board agents without performing proper examinations or prescribing the drugs for a legitimate medical purpose, according to Deputy District Attorney John Niedermann.
The criminal complaint alleges that Hedvat wrote unlawful prescriptions to clients in August 2012 and to undercover agents beginning in February.
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Prosecutors were asking that his bail be set at $80,000.
If convicted as charged, Hedvat could face up to seven years and eight months in county jail, according to the District Attorney's Office.
-- City News Service
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