What Happened
A pharmacy technician admitted in a letter of surrender to diverting Valium, Promethazine/Codeine Syrup, Vicodin, Loratadine, and Soma from Pharmacy A from the fall of 2010 until the spring of 2011.
The technician stated the drugs were obtained for a family member and a friend, not for personal use. The Board had summarily suspended the technician’s registration on January 31, 2012, and the technician permanently surrendered the registration; the Board accepted the surrender as a final order.
What the Record Shows
Summarily suspended on January 31, 2012; permanently surrendered registration to practice as a pharmacy technician, with the Board accepting the surrender as a final order.
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: Admitted diverting drugs from Pharmacy A from the fall of 2010 until the spring of 2011; obtained the drugs for a family member and a friend, not for personal use.. 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.