SUFFOLKCOUNTY
COMMONWEALTH OFMASSACHUSETTS
BOARDOFREGISTRATION INPHARMACY
IntheMatterof
PAWTUCKETPHARMACY,INC
PharmacyRegistrationNo.DS/CS/CF789Registrationexpired12/31113
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PHA-2013-0045PHA-2013-0054
CONSENTAGREEMENTFORVOLUNTARYSURRENDEROFPHARMACYREGISTRATION
TheMassachusettsBoardofRegistrationinPharmacy(the"Board")andadulyauthorized representativeofPawtucketPharmacy(the"AuthorizedPharmacyRepresentative"),herebystipulateandagreethatthefollowinginformationshallbeenteredintoandbecomeapermanent partoftheBoard'srecordsrelatingtoPawtucketPharmacy,Inc.(the"Pharmacy"),apharmacyformerlylocatedat65SchoolStreet,Lowell,MassachusettsandlicensedbytheBoard, RegistrationNo.DS789:
1.ThePharmacy,throughitsauthorizedrepresentative,acknowledgesthatcomplaintsDocketNo.PHA-2013-0045DocketNo.PHA-2013-0054 (the"Complaints")have beenfiledwiththeBoardagainstitsMassachusettspharmacyregistration1relatedtotheconductsetforthinparagraph2ofthisagreement.
1.Theterm"registration"appliestobothacurrentregistrationandtherighttorenewanexpiredregistration.
2.ThePharmacyacknowledgesthatinMayof2013itwasonlypermittedtooperatesubjecttothetermsofprobationincludedinaconsentagreemententeredintobythePharmacy andtheBoardinJuneof2011(seematterPHA-2011-0011). ThetermsofprobationinthatmatterprohibitedthePharmacyfromengagingincompounding.
3.OnoraboutMay2,2013,whilethePharmacywassubjecttoprobationarytermsreferencedintheprecedingparagraph,inspectorsfortheBoardofRegistrationinPharmacyfoundevidencethatthepharmacywasengaginginthenon-sterilecompoundingofdrugsandevidenceofmultipleotherviolationsofpropercompoundingpractice.
4.OnMay3,2013,basedonthereportofthePharmacyBoardinspectors,theBoardChair orderedthePharmacytoceaseits pharmacyoperationsat65SchoolStreetinLowellandtoquarantinescheduleII-VImedicationsandcompoundingingredientsandcompoundedmedications.
5.OnMay9,2013,theBoardsummarilysuspendedthePharmacy'sregistration(seeDkt.
No.PHA-2013-0054). Subsequently,onMay14,2013(onedaybeforeascheduled hearingontheneedtocontinuethatsuspension),thePharmacywaiveditsrighttoahearingon thesummarysuspensionandagreedthatthesuspensionwouldremaininplace untiltheresolutionoftheunderlyingcase-Dkt. No.PHA-2013-0045.
6.ThePharmacyhasnotconductedpharmacybusinesssinceMayof2013andofficiallypermanentlyshutdownitsbusinessinthesummerof2013withthetransferofitsrecords toanotherpharmacy.
7.Bythisdocument(hereafterthe"Agreement"),thePharmacyagreestovoluntarily surrenderitsPharmacyRegistrationandtorelinquishallrightsit mayhavetoseek renewalofthatPharmacyRegistration.
8.TheBoardagreesthatinreturnforthePharmacy'sexecutionofthisagreementthatitwill notproceedwiththeprosecutionofcomplaintsPHA-2013-0045PHA-2013-0054andwillrefrainfromfurtherproceedingsinmatterPHA-2011-0011.
9.ThePharmacyunderstandsthatithasarighttoaformaladjudicatoryhearingconcerningtheComplaintandthatduringsaidadjudicationitwouldpossesstherighttohaveitsrepresentativeconfrontandcross-examinewitnesses,callwitnesses,presentevidence,presenttestimonyonthePharmacy'sbehalf,contesttheallegations,presentoralargument,appealtothecourts,andexerciseallotherrightsassetforthintheMassachusettsAdministrativeProceduresAct,G.L.c.30A,andtheStandardAdjudicatoryRulesofPracticeandProcedure,801CMR1.01etseq. ThePharmacyfurtherunderstandsthatbyexecutingthisAgreementitisknowinglyandvoluntarily waivingitrighttoaformaladjudicationof theComplaint.
10.ThePharmacyacknowledgesthataftertheEffectiveDate,theAgreementconstitutesapublicrecordofdisciplinaryactionbytheBoardsubjecttodisclosureinaccordancewiththeMassachusettsandUnitedStates publicinformationlaws,includingbutnotlimitedto
G.L.c.4,§7,andG.L.c.66A,§10.TheBoardexpresslyreservestheauthoritytoindependentlynotify,atanytime,anyentitiesincluding,butnotlimitedto,otherlicensingboards,lawenforcemententities,andotherindividualsorentitiesofanyactionithastaken.
11.ThePharmacyunderstandsandagreesthatenteringintothisAgreementisavoluntary andfinalactandnotsubjecttoreconsideration,appealorjudicialreview.
12.ThePharmacyRepresentativesigningthisAgreementcertifies(1) thatheistheownerofrecordofPawtucketPharmacyoranotherpersondulyauthorizedtoenterintothisAgreementonbehalfofthePharmacy,and(2)thathehasreadthisAgreement.
13.ThePharmacyRepresentativeacknowledgesthathehasbeenfreeatalltimestoseekand
·uselegalcounselinconnectionwiththeComplaintandthisAgreement.
PawtucketPharmacy,Inc., DS/CS/CF789By:
Joseph Clermont 12/16/2015Robert Audet 12/16/2015
Witness (Sign and Date)Pharmacy Representative (Sign)
PrintName:JOSEPH C. CLERMONTPrintName:Robert J. Audet
Title:President
January 12, 2016
Effective Date of Probation Agreement
FullySignedAgreementSenttoRegistranton January 13, 2016 byCertifiedMail
No.7015 1520 0002 8254 7016