Bucher was back in Butler County Common Pleas Court last week where Judge Greg Stephen set a three-day trial to begin March 21.
Bucher is charged with seven counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs and two counts of trafficking in drugs. If convicted on all charges, he could face up to 22 years in prison.
Prosecutors say Bucher sold pills to a person while at his office, Ohio Family Practice on Morning Sun Road, according to court documents. He is accused of selling hydorcodone, Oxycodone, Alprazolam and promethazine with codeine.
Bucher waived his right to appear for arraignment and his attorney Christopher Pagan entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. The doctor was released on his own recognizance. He is scheduled to be back on court Jan. 23 for a pretrial hearing.
Bucher, who has practiced medicine for 34 years, has a family medicine practice at Oxford Family Medicine and is affiliated with McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital-TriHealth as well as other area hospitals. He holds a medical degree from the University of Cincinnati.
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