Cases we handle
- Dispensing errors and patient-harm complaints
- Controlled-substance recordkeeping, inventory shortages and diversion allegations
- Prescription validity and corresponding-responsibility cases
- Compounding and sterile compounding inspections
- Pharmacy permit inspections and deficiency findings
- Impairment allegations and PRN referrals
- Criminal arrests and the duty to report
- Permit and license applications with prior history
When DEA and the Board overlap
A controlled-substance problem rarely stays in one forum. The same facts can produce a Board of Pharmacy complaint, a DEA administrative action against the registration, and a criminal referral. Statements made in one proceeding are available in the others. We coordinate the response across all of them so that a cooperative answer to an inspector does not become the evidence in a complaint.
Pharmacy technicians
Technicians face the same disciplinary process as pharmacists, usually with fewer resources and a license that employers treat as disposable. We represent technicians in diversion, theft and performance cases where a single mistake can end a career.
Frequently asked questions
An inspector found shortages in our controlled-substance counts. What happens next?
The pharmacy and the pharmacist of record can both face complaints, and DEA may open its own review. Reconciling the records quickly and accurately, before any statement is given, is the most important step.
I filled a prescription that turned out to be fraudulent. Am I liable?
The question is whether the prescription raised red flags a reasonable pharmacist would have recognized. These cases turn on the details, and many are defensible.
Does the Board discipline technicians?
Yes. Registered pharmacy technicians are subject to the same Department of Health complaint and probable cause process as pharmacists.
Complaints against pharmacists are handled by the Department of Health. That page explains the agency's process in more detail.
This page is general information about Florida law, not legal advice. Deadlines and procedures vary by case and change over time.