Former Dentist Ordered to Pay for Unlawful Prescribing

The judgment stemmed from controlled-substance prescriptions issued after William C. Gardner, DDS, no longer held the state licensure required for federal prescribing authority.

By
Kathryn Wighton
July 8, 2026
2 min

MDSpire News

Objective:

To report on the legal consequences faced by William C. Gardner, DDS, for unlawfully issuing controlled-substance prescriptions.

Approach:

Legal Action: A federal court ordered Gardner to pay $320,000 for unlawfully issuing prescriptions after his dental license was revoked and his state-controlled substances registration expired.

Key Findings:

Gardner issued 94 unauthorized prescriptions between July 17, 2020, and February 1, 2021.
The court found him responsible for 80 unlawful prescriptions.
A civil penalty of $4,000 per violation was imposed under the Controlled Substances Act.