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She also said she purchased self-prescribed medications through the clinic so she could keep them at her residence for "semi-emergencies," the order says.

Bunker did not respond to a message seeking comment at her residence in the village of Chacon.

The board's order said Bunker prescribed hundreds of pills to at least six individual patients -- including 6,450 tablets to one. These included Doxycycline, Hydrocodone, Oxycontin, Valium, Neurontin, Demerol, Cephalexin, Paxil, Percocet, Meperidine, Oxycodone, Diazepam, Triazolam and Remeron.

Although the board found insufficient evidence that Bunker misappropriated money, drugs or property, it said she failed to follow established procedures or to maintain adequate records.

The order calls for Bunker to complete within one year courses in pharmacology, New Mexico Board of Pharmacy rules, ethics, charting and documentation and the state Nurse Practice Act.

It also calls for her to pay $8,398 in administrative costs within two years and a fine of $2,000 by the end of the probation period.

If Bunker fails to comply with the conditions of probation, the order says, the board may bring further disciplinary action.

Last month, Bunker's successor as medical director of the Mora clinic, Elaine Montaño of Santa Fe, filed a lawsuit in District Court, claiming she was fired last year because she blew the whistle on illegal narcotics prescriptions there.

Montaño's complaint said she learned of illegal prescriptions after she replaced Bunker as medical director on Jan. 1, 2005. On May 19, 2005, her complaint said, "a dangerous member of the community began to threaten (Montaño)." Montaño was later fired.

Kozeliski said the board gets 300 to 400 complaints against nurses each year and hears about 120 cases a year, but not all result in suspension, revocation or probation.

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