Connecticut Board approves settlements, fines in four pharmacy enforcement cases

The Connecticut Board of Pharmacy on Aug. 27 accepted settlement agreements in four enforcement cases, imposing monetary payments and manager restrictions in response to lapses that included unlicensed shipments into Connecticut, security failures involving controlled substances, repeated recordkeeping violations and an unreported remodeling project.

The actions affect a nonresident pharmacy, three Connecticut-licensed pharmacists or pharmacies and include fines ranging from $1,000 to $30,000, probationary conditions and requirements that respondents notify the commission before resuming managerial duties.

Board attorney Attorney Ando told the board that in case 2024-1310 a nonresident pharmacy shipped injectable doses into Connecticut without a Connecticut nonresident pharmacy license. "Respondent will pay a voluntary monetary payment in the amount of $4,000," Attorney Ando said, and the agreement includes a term that the respondent "will not reapply for a Connecticut non resident pharmacy license for a period of 30 days." The board approved the department's proposal; the record shows one commissioner stepped down and abstained from that vote.

In case 2023-2206,…