Pharmacist Fadi Abid asks Board to end probation early after two years of compliance

A disciplinary committee of the California Board of Pharmacy heard testimony March 12 on a petition by pharmacist Fadi Atif Nasar Abid to end probation early following a stay of license revocation and a three-year probation imposed in 2022.

Administrative Law Judge Heather Rowan presided over the hearing and Deputy Attorney General Nicole Trauma summarized the accusation that led to the sanction: while acting as pharmacist in charge at River’s Edge Pharmacy, the accusation said, Abid allowed distribution and warehousing practices that violated applicable pharmacy law and allowed unlicensed staff to sign for and receive dangerous drugs. The license revocation became effective Aug. 24, 2022, but was stayed and Abid’s license was placed on probation for three years.

Abid’s attorney, Ivan Petrozelka, told the committee that Abid has been fully…