What Happened
The Maryland State Board of Pharmacy found that a pharmacy technician employed at a pharmacy in Hagerstown, Maryland diverted 45 pills of oxycodone 5 mg/325 mg from a customer's prescription on January 4, 2022.
According to the pharmacy's investigative report, the technician removed the prescription from the bag in the customer waiting area, placed the pills in her pocket, and deleted the prescription on hold. The technician admitted to the pharmacy's asset protection manager and in a written statement that she took the patient's medication to self-medicate a back injury. The Board revoked her pharmacy technician registration.
What the Record Shows
Registration to practice as a pharmacy technician revoked by final order; the Board found diversion of a controlled dangerous substance.
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: Alleged diversion of a customer's prescription: the technician was given the prescription, carried it with two others to the front register but gave only one to the cashier, placed the oxycodone prescription back in the customer waiting area, later removed the pills from the bag and put them in her pocket, and deleted the prescription on hold. She admitted to the pharmacy's asset protection manager that she diverted the oxycodone pills to self-medicate a back injury, and admitted in a written statement that she took a patient's medication and emptied 45 pills into her pocket.. 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.