What Happened
A Vermont-licensed pharmacist was charged by the Vermont Board of Pharmacy with diverting controlled substances from a pharmacy in Stonewood, West Virginia.
The specification alleged that the pharmacist took 25 to 50 hydrocodone/APAP tablets per day from the pharmacy for 3 to 5 years without a prescription, including while filling legitimate prescriptions for himself and/or family and accessing non-public areas to remove bottles The pharmacy reported losses of 7,000 hydrocodone/APAP 10/325 mg tablets to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the losses were attributed to the pharmacist The requested relief includes license revocation, suspension, reprimand, conditions, or other discipline.
What the Record Shows
Specification of Charges filed; requested relief includes revocation, suspension, reprimand, conditioning, or other discipline.
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a primary source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: Charged with taking between 25 and 50 hydrocodone/APAP tablets per day from the pharmacy for 3 to 5 years without a prescription; allegedly diverted tablets while at the pharmacy filling legitimate prescriptions for himself and/or family by accessing non-public areas and removing bottles; the pharmacy reported losses of 7,000 hydrocodone/APAP 10/325 mg tablets to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the losses were attributed to the pharmacist.. Board and news records are a lagging indicator - by the time a licensing authority or a reporter learns of a diversion, the diversion was normally detected internally first, which makes each entry a signal that inventory reconciliation, waste observation or dispensing oversight failed earlier.