State Board of Pharmacy; 77 South High
Street, Room 1702; Columbus, Ohio 43215-6126
Phone: 614/466-4143
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STATE BOARD NEWS -- NOVEMBER 2000
ISSUE [State Section Only] |
THE BOARD GETS A
NEW MAILING ADDRESS
Even though we have not moved, the United States Postal Service has
changed the Board's mailing address to:
77 South High Street, Room 1702; Columbus, Ohio 43215-6126. We now have a room number rather than a
floor number and we have a new Zip Code+4.
This change is effective immediately.
Please change your records and begin using this new address because the
Postal Service will be phasing out the use of the 43266 Zip Code that was
unique to State of Ohio offices.
STATE BOARD
NEWSLETTER CONTINUING EDUCATION INSERTS
Some pharmacists are confused regarding the continuing education
programs that have been sponsored by Glaxo and inserted into the Ohio
newsletter. In particular, we have
received many questions about whether or not they can be used for
Board-approved Jurisprudence program credit.
These continuing education programs are provided as a service by Glaxo
and may certainly be used to meet the general continuing education requirement,
depending on the program coding. TO
DATE, HOWEVER, NONE OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE APPROVED FOR USE TO MEET THE BOARD’S
JURISPRUDENCE REQUIREMENT. ONLY
THE QUIZZES IN THE FEBRUARY NEWSLETTERS RELATING TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR’S
NEWSLETTERS THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY BOARD STAFF HAVE COUNTED FOR JURISPRUDENCE
CREDIT. If you will review the
program number on many of them, you will find that the number ends with the
code H04. This should automatically
tell you that they do not meet the requirement. From the last newsletter, you may remember that jurisprudence
programs must first end in H03, L03, or C03 and then be approved
prior to their use in meeting the continuing education requirement for
Board-approved Jurisprudence. If you
have any questions about the continuing education requirements, please contact
the Board office before the renewal process begins next summer.
Please remember that all internship hours worked in calendar year 2000
must be submitted to the Board office before March 1, 2001. Every year, we have a number of interns who
wait until the middle or end of February to call their preceptors about getting
the Practical Experience Affidavit (PEA) form filled out and mailed to the
Board office. For the preceptors, this
usually means that payroll records have to be reviewed, the hours worked by the
intern have to be totaled, the form needs filled out and notarized, and then
the form needs mailed to the Board office before March 1. For the intern to expect the preceptor to do
this within a couple of days while the preceptor is trying to meet his/her job
commitments is unrealistic. The Board
will not accept any hours submitted late unless the fault for the late filing
is due in no part to the intern.
Interns whose hours are received late because they waited until the last
minute to contact their preceptors will not qualify for this exemption.
The solution is very simple.
There is no requirement that all of the calendar year 2000 hours have to
be submitted all at once on one PEA form.
Neither is there a limit on the number of forms that may be
submitted. If the intern worked over
the summer and then went back to school in the fall, submit the summer’s hours
immediately. Then, if the intern works
over the Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays, submit another form with those
hours. If the forms are submitted in
this manner, the intern will not lose credit for any of the hours worked. If there are any questions about the
internship requirements, please feel free to contact the Board’s Director of
Internship, Bill McMillen, at the Board’s office.
Anyone having a question regarding the
license status of a particular practitioner, nurse, pharmacist, pharmacy
intern, or dangerous drug distributor in Ohio should contact the appropriate
licensing board. The Web sites listed
below may include disciplinary actions for their respective licensees.
State
Dental Board--614/466-2580,
www.state.oh.us/den/
State
Medical Board--614/466-3934,
www.state.oh.us/med/
State
Nursing Board--614/466-3947,
www.state.oh.us/nur/
State
Optometry Board--614/466-5115,
www.state.oh.us/opt/
State
Pharmacy Board--614/466-4143,
www.state.oh.us/pharmacy/
State
Veterinary Medical Board--614/644-5281;
www.state.oh.us/ovmlb/
Drug Enforcement
Administration--800/230-6844;
www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/
STATE
PHARMACY BOARD:
The disciplinary actions listed below
include only those where the individual’s license to practice has been
suspended, revoked, or restricted, and does not include any other actions taken
by the Board. All actions may be seen
in the minutes, which are posted on the Internet at the Board's home page (see
address above) then click on Board
Minutes.
Martin Barron, R.Ph.; University Heights - License suspended
indefinitely effective July 17, 2000 and may not be employed by or work in a
Board-licensed facility while suspended.
License reinstated effective August 23, 2000 but may not be a preceptor
or train pharmacy interns, may not own a facility licensed by the Board to
possess or distribute dangerous drugs, and may not serve as a responsible
pharmacist until February 11, 2003.
James Murray Bayless, R.Ph.; Fort Thomas, Kentucky - License suspended
indefinitely effective July 17, 2000 and may not be employed by or work in a
Board-licensed facility while suspended.
Steven J. Brownsberger, R.Ph.; Medina - License suspended indefinitely
effective July 17, 2000 and may not be employed by or work in a Board-licensed
facility while suspended.
Ronald H. Elmore, R.Ph.; Shaker Heights - License revoked effective
September 11, 2000.
Thomas William Foti, R.Ph.; New Philadelphia - License reinstated
effective September 1, 2000 but may not serve as a preceptor or train pharmacy
interns, serve as the responsible pharmacist, or destroy, assist in or witness
the destruction of controlled substances for five years.
Elizabeth M. Hartranft, R.Ph.; Bay Village - License suspended
indefinitely effective September 11, 2000 and may not be employed by or work in
a Board-licensed facility while suspended.
The Medicine Shoppe, T.D.; Shaker Heights - License revoked effective
July 17, 2000.
Patricia McCann Parks, R.Ph.; Defiance - License revoked effective
September 11, 2000.
James Scott Patton, R.Ph.; Columbus - License suspended indefinitely
effective July 17, 2000 and may not be employed by or work in a Board-licensed
facility while suspended.
Raleigh L. Smith, R.Ph.; Waldo - License suspended indefinitely
effective September 11, 2000 and may not be employed by or work in a
Board-licensed facility while suspended.
Raymond Frederick Strahley, R.Ph.; Hartville - License suspended indefinitely
effective September 11, 2000 and may not be employed by or work in a
Board-licensed facility while suspended.
Nick C. Strovilas, R.Ph.; Toronto - License revoked effective July
17, 2000.
Summary Suspensions:
Debra
Lynn Cooper, R.Ph.; Mineral
City. Effective 10/03/00.
Bruce
Elliott Franken, R.Ph.;
Columbus. Effective 09/06/00.
Joseph
Neil Gioiello, R.Ph.;
Warren. Effective 08/09/00.
Richard
A. Petrilla, R.Ph.;
Canfield. Effective 10/04/00.
Steven Martin Salo, R.Ph.; Conneaut.
Effective 10/03/00.
STATE
MEDICAL BOARD:
A document of legal actions taken by the
Medical Board may be accessed on the Internet at the Medical Board's Home page
(see address above) then click on Monthly
Formal Actions. If you would like a
more detailed history of a legal action for an individual practitioner, go Back to the Medical Board's Home page,
click on the Licensee Profile &
Status tag, then follow the instructions.
Please contact the Medical Board if you have questions.
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