What Happened
Pharmacist Zackary W. Beard entered an agreed order with the Washington Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission in February 2025 placing his license on probation with enrollment in a recovery assistance program; he diverted controlled substances on multiple occasions between December 2021 and October 2022.
Reported status: Licensing action (2025); Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission.
This entry records a licensing action by a regulator. It is not a criminal conviction unless the source says so.
About This Entry
This entry reports only what the linked source states. Fields the source does not state (for example the employer type, drug schedule or a sentence) are left out rather than inferred, so it is shorter than the registry's fully analysed cases.
Related Guidance
- Pharmacy Self-Assessment Checklist — Self-assessment covering the controls that detect and deter diversion.
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and recordkeeping indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to run an internal diversion investigation.
- Employee Screening & Fitness for Duty — Screening and vetting for staff with controlled substance access.