A Derby nurse practitioner whose prolific prescribing of potent narcotics was the subject of a February story by the Connecticut Health Investigative Team has surrendered her state and federal licenses to prescribe controlled substances and is the subject of an ​“open investigation” by the state health department, officials said Monday.
Heather Alfonso, an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) at the Comprehensive Pain & Headache Treatment Centers, LLC, in Derby, surrendered her controlled substance registration after a recent probe by the Drug Control Division of the Department of Consumer Protection, a spokeswoman for the department confirmed.
“The controlled substance registration of this provider has been turned in,” said the spokeswoman, Claudette Carveth. She said the agency had no further comment.
