It is actually a violation of medical ethics for a physician to treat and prescribe medication to someone they are in a relationship with, especially controlled substances like alprazolam (Xanax), zolpidem (Ambien), codeine and oxycodone. Medical professionals are not allowed to treat immediate family and close friends, this doctor writing numerous prescriptions for controlled substances to his common-law wife would have attracted the attention of both the state medical board and the DEA.
Mark Feuerstein played "Dr. Hank Lawson" and Willa Fitzgerald played "Emma Miller" , who were brother and sister on "Royal Pains (2009)"