Professional License Defense Information Blog

Pharmacists handle life-saving medications every single day. Many of these drugs require strict temperature control from the moment they leave the manufacturer until they reach the patient. This unbroken temperature-controlled...

When healthcare professionals face a criminal conviction, many assume their career is over. But a recent federal fraud conviction involving a Midwest pharmacist suggests that isn’t always true. In fact, the outcome of a...

A Kentucky pharmacy, Med Save Pharmacy, and its owner and pharmacist-in-charge, J. Drane Stephens, are under scrutiny following the hospitalization of three children who received compounded prescriptions from the pharmacy. The...

In March 2026, Nevada regulators fined a physician, a pharmacist, and an unlicensed  “lifestyle coach” for providing peptide-based anti-aging injections at a Nevada Festival. The Nevada Pharmacy Board fined a physician and a...

You notice small things at first. Maybe a coworker volunteers for medication counts more often than usual. Their documentation looks inconsistent. Something feels off, but you cannot prove anything, and the last thing you want to...

There’s no doubt that private-equity firms and management service organizations (MSOs) can offer benefits and perks that are hard to find anywhere else. From a solid support staff and administrative management services to...

The State of California recently passed a new rule that could spell trouble for nonresident pharmacies. The rule requires nonresident pharmacies to designate a California-licensed pharmacist-in-charge (“PIC”) at all times. The...

A telehealth physician you have never worked with sends over 50 identical prescriptions for Tirzepatide. Each script is signed. Each appears complete on its face. The volume is high, but technically, the order checks the boxes. If...

Prescriptions for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are creating new gray areas for pharmacists across the country. A script may be properly written, clinically appropriate on its face, and free of obvious safety risks, yet still raise...

n July 2024, a pharmacist from Muncie, Indiana, was arrested by police after local authorities and the Drug Enforcement Administration found over 35,000 stolen vials of hydromorphone and methadone in his home. While the...

We’re all living in a very different world from the one we were living in twenty or even ten years ago. And though we all have to adapt to the ways the world has changed and how social media has shifted the way people absorb...

A pharmacy in Nebraska recently closed its doors with unclear communication for some patients after its lead pharmacist dealt with licensing concerns from the state licensing authority. Patients arrived to find a locked door, and...

A Washington pharmacist has been suspended from practice after being accused of professional misconduct. Sandra Lee Symington Bang has been accused of falsifying prescriptions in order to obtain medications for personal use. In...