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Alabama Board of Pharmacy draws intense scrutiny: emergency rules, executive‑level settlement and allegations of retaliation
Summary
Public commenters and board critics told the Joint Sunset Committee the Alabama Board of Pharmacy adopted emergency rules that they say violate statute, used board funds for an executive settlement and collected large attorney fees; examiners and the attorney general’s office disputed some board positions and called for follow‑up.
The Alabama Board of Pharmacy segment of the Joint Sunset Committee hearing was among the meeting’s longest and most contested. The transcript records multiple public complaints alleging unlawful emergency rulemaking, high attorney fees, a controversial settlement with a former executive secretary and retaliation against critics.
Multiple public commenters, including attorney Joseph Kreps, licensees and a former board employee who testified under oath, described a pattern: they said emergency rules adopted by the board in August purportedly exceeded statutory caps on late fees, obscured administrative nondisciplinary penalties from public records and were used to resolve or accelerate collections. Joseph Kreps told the committee that the board’s emergency rules “directly violate the new act that you passed last session,” and asked how much money had been collected under those…
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