What Happened
Pharmacist Sandra Lee Symington Bang entered an agreed order in June 2026 to surrender her credential and is permanently barred from practicing pharmacy in Washington; she wrote fake prescriptions for nonexistent patients and kept the controlled medications for personal use between June 2022 and December 2024.
Reported status: Licensing action (2026); license surrendered (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.