Billy is a pharmacist at Main Street Pharmacy and Sue the PIC. A routine inspection by a
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Billy is a pharmacist at Main Street Pharmacy and Sue the PIC. A routine inspection by a state pharmacy board inspector revealed that Billy had been refilling certain patients’ prescriptions without authorization and without Sue’s knowledge. State law provides that the PIC is responsible for any violations of the pharmacy laws and regulations. Therefore, the board of pharmacy found both Sue and Billy in violation of the law, fined each one several hundred dollars, and placed each on probation. Several pharmacists complained to the board that what the board did to Sue was unfair. They argued that the law is unconstitutional because it punishes one for the acts of someone else without having knowledge of the other person’s illegal acts. If you were a board of pharmacy member, how would you respond to the pharmacists’ complaints? Why have such a law? Is the law unfair?
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Pharmacy Practice And The Law
ISBN: 9781284154979
9th Edition
Authors: Richard R. Abood, Kimberly A. Burns