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Votes at a glance: Board of Pharmacy (Aug. 13, 2025)
Summary
Key actions recorded: motions to enter/leave executive session under Maine statutes, and disciplinary sanctions against licensee Benjamin Okafor (censure; 30-day suspension, time served; 10-year probation with CQI). Public comment period recorded no speakers.
At its Aug. 13, 2025 meeting the Board of Pharmacy recorded several procedural motions involving executive session and a formal disciplinary action in case 2025-PHA-20692. Motions to enter executive session during testimony were moved by Timothy McCormack and seconded by Bradley Hamilton; the minutes record Ahmed and Kane voting in favor and three members absent. The minutes also record a motion by McCormack (seconded by Hamilton) to leave executive session on separate occasions when the licensee testified.
The Board recorded its finding of unprofessional conduct against licensee Benjamin Okafor and imposed these sanctions: a censure; suspension of the license for 30 days (noted as already served under an emergency suspension); and probation for 10 years with a requirement to participate in a Continuous Quality Improvement program. The public comment period produced no speakers and the meeting was adjourned after a motion by McCormack, seconded by Hamilton.
