Pharmacy Commission Meeting Minutes - Approvals and Enforcement

Page - 1 - of 6 STATE OF CON NECTI CUT DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION COMMISS ION O F PHAR MACY November 20, 2024 10:00 a.m. The reg ular meet ing of the Co mmissi on of P harmacy was c alled to order by Commissioner DeFazio. The meet ing w as conducted b y physical attendan ce. Commissioners Prese nt: Angelo DeFazio, Chairperson Richard Ca rbray Debb ie Chisolm Ann Taylor Mary Inguant i Kristin L inder Staff P resent: Gina Samples, Board Adminis trator New Ph armacy A ppli cat ion (s) CPH Hart ford L LC dba Vital C are of Hartfo rd 255 Pitk in Street, Suit e 2 East Hartford, CT 06108 Sara Harri ngton - Doyon, Pharmacy Manager Commission Action: Commissioner Carbray moved, seconded by Commissioner Ch isolm, and p assed by a vo te of 6- 0, to approve the above r equest with chang e to install an addition al window for cus tomer acc ess, for a new p harmac y pre mise prov ided all the requirem ents set forth a in the Connecti cut Pharmacy and Drug Laws as enforced by the Commission of Pharmacy are met. Ph arm a cy Re m odels (s) Wal - Ma rt P har mac y #10 -1891 420 B uckland Hills Driv e Manchester, CT 06042 Garrett Cav anagh, District Rep resent ative Commission Action: C ommissione r Carb ray mov ed, se con de d by Commissioner Chis olm to approve the above remode l re quest p assed, by a vote of 6- 0 t o and prov ided all the requ irements set for th in the Connecticut Pharmacy and Drug Law s as enforced by the Commission of Pharmacy ar e met.

Page - 2 - of 6 Ph arm a cy Re m odels (s) Co nt. Wal - Ma rt P har mac y #10 -2965 3164 Berlin Tpke. Newington, CT 06111 Garrett Cav anagh, District Rep resent ative Commission Action: C ommissione r Carb ray mov ed, se con de d by Commissioner Chis olm to approve the above remode l re quest p assed, by a vote of 6- 0 t o and prov ided all the requ irements set for th in the Connecticut Pharmacy and Drug Law s as enforced by the Commission of Pharmacy ar e met. Wal - Mart Ph armacy # 10 -1980 625 School Stree t Putnam, CT 06260 G arrett Cav anaugh, District Re presentat ive Commission Action: Commissioner Carbray moved, seco nd ed b y Commissioner Chis olm to approve the above remode l re quest p assed, by a vote of 6- 0 t o and prov ided all the requ irements set for th in the Connecticut Pharmacy and Drug Law s as enforced by the Commission of Pharmacy ar e met. Wal - Ma rt P har mac y #10 -2282 44 Prosec t Hill Roa East Windsor, CT 06088 Garrett Cav anagh, District Rep resent ative Commission Action: Commissioner Carbray moved, seco nd ed b y Commissioner Chis olm to approve the above remode l re quest p assed, by a vote of 6- 0 t o and prov ided all the requ irements set for th in the Connecticut Pharmacy and Drug Law s as enforced by the Commission of Pharmacy ar e met. Wal - mart Pharmacy #10 -3543 67 Newton Road Danbury, CT 06810 Garett C avanaugh, Di strict Repr esentati ve Commission Action: Commissioner Carbray moved, seco nd ed b y Commissioner Chis olm to approve the above remode l re quest p assed, by a vote of 6- 0 t o and prov ided all the requ irements set for th in the Connecticut Pharmacy and Drug Law s as enforced by the Commission of Pharmacy ar e met.

Page - 3 - of 6 Ph arm a cy Re m odels (s) Co nt. Wal - Ma rt P har mac y #35 46 164 Danbury Road New Milf ord, CT 06776 Garett C avanaugh, Di strict Repr esentati ve Commission Action: Commissioner Carbray moved, seco nd ed b y Commissioner Chis olm to approve the above remode l re quest p assed, by a vote of 6- 0 t o and prov ided all the requ irements set for th in the Connecticut Pharmacy and Drug Law s as enforced by the Commission of Pharmacy ar e met. Le gal Case N umber: 2 023-1832 Wal greens #02410; PCY.000 1395 Attorney Michael And o presented this case. Respondent is a Conn ecticut Ph armacy i nvest igated no tificatio n of a pharma cy manager chang e. It is alleged that t he phar macy was witho ut a pharmacy manager for p eriod, and the pharm acy faile d to imm ediatel y enrol l with t he Commission of Pharmacy the name, address and license number of the pharmaci st who assum ed manag ement o f sa id pharma cy. Pro pos ed Res olut ion: Counsel for Dr ug Contr ol pro poses a settlem ent in which R esponden t shall pay a voluntary monetary payment amount of $2,5000, which has been paid. Commission Acti on: Commissioner I nguanti is step down, Commissioner Taylor moved, seconded by Commissioner Carbray and passed by a vote of 5-0 to accept and app rove th e afore ment ioned settle ment ag reeme nt. ‘First Time’ Phar macy Mana ger (s) The foll owing pharmaci sts present ed th emselv es to the Comm ission of Pharm acy as ‘first time’ pharmacy m anagers in the State of Conne cticut: Commiss ioner DeFaz io prov ided a summary of the respon sibilities that a first - time pharmacy manag er h as and a ppreciat ed th eir appea rance b efore the Commission. Commissione r DeFazio emphasized the importance of the pharmacy manag er’s role in contrast to the front - store man ager (in man y retail settin gs). Some responsi bilities in clude leadership, technic ian registration, license renewal s, repo rting pharma cy ope ration h ou rs, and presc ripti on error rep orting. Provided Information on utilizat i on of the Med - watch Progra m. Monique Albuja Walgreen s Pharm acy – Branf ord Sherif E lrefaei Madison Pharmacy – Trumbull Lakshimi Karu konda Map le Pharmacy – Hartford Jasmine Le e Stop & Shop Pharmacy – Stratf ord

Page - 4 - of 6 First Time’ Pharm acy Manager (s) Cont. Essa M ajrashi Walgreens Pharmacy – Branfo rd Jean Johnson - S tewar t Health Com plex Medi cal – Woodbridge John Wozniak Walgreen s Ph ar mac y – East Haven Not in At tendance – Commission R ole Call Amanda Abraham CV S Pharm acy – Hartf ord Dominiq ue Gelineau CV S Pharmac y – Norwalk (Appea red on 3/27/2024) Recipro city Inter view Can didate (s) The foll owing candidat es(s) were int erviewed over the tel ephone and atte sted that the inform ation provided was tru e and accurat e to th e best of their beli ef and understood that any misrepresentation o f the fact co uld result i n a fine and/or denial o f phar macist l icensur e in Co nnecticut. Jordan Goetzke Reciprocity fr om T enness ee Michael Ma ranets Reciprocity fr om Michi gan Jayna Pat el Reciprocity fr om No rth Carolina Meghan A Tall on Reciprocity from Ma ine Commission Action: C ommissione r Carb ray moved, seconded by Commissioner Taylor and pa ssed b y a vote of 6-0 t o ac cept the above appl ication(s) for lice nsure by r eciprocity. Non - Res iden t New Ap plication Request (s) P harmacy A ppro val AM P ha rma cy – Aus tin, TX Boler o Pharmacy LLC – Chicago, IL Gen oa Hea lthc are L LC – Woonsocke t, RI Vetsour ce Home Deliv ery – Nor thl ake, TX Commission Action: Commissioner Taylor moved Commissioner Carbray sec ond ed pa ssed by a vote of 6-0 to appr ove the abov e new non - resi dent ph armacy applicatio ns fo r licens ure.

Page - 5 - of 6 Non - Resident Applications – App roved with Addi tional Documen tation Aeq uita Pharm acy L LC – Kir kland, WA Aurora Sp ecialty Pha rmacy – Menomonee Falls, WI Horizon Pharmacy – Warwick, RI Metro Drug s 3rd Aven ue Corpo ration – New Yo rk, NY Pandia Pharmacy – San Jos e, CA Tabula Ra sa H ealthcare G roup In c db a Care kinesis – Moorestown, NJ Commission Action: Commissioner Taylor moved Commiss ioner DeFazio sec ond ed pa ssed by a vote of 6-0 to appr ove the abov e non - resident pharm acy applic ations sub mitted with a dditional informatio n for lice nsure. Non - resident Applications Ph arm acy Not Approv ed DRG Pharm acy LLC db a Huenem e Fami ly Pharma cy – Ox nard, CA Get Rel ief RX LLC – Billings, MT Heartlan d Infusion – Knoxville, TN MVP Ph armacy LLC d ba Mounta in View Pharmac y – Bountifu l, UT OPRX #11776, LLC dba Onpoint Pharm acy of Port Jefferson – Port Jefferson Station, NY Pharmc orr Sterile LLC – Oklah oma City, OK Quality C ompounding RX of America LLC – Las Vegas, NV Zikam Neighborhood Pharmacy LLC – Sa n Anton io, TX IVI Pharm acy In c dba Femme Fatale R X – Ca labasas, CA Rego Sp ecialty Pharmacy, Rego Park, N Y Striv e Pharmacy LLC – Gilbert, AZ 20 Super Sav er Pha rmacy # 4 LLC db a Ru sh Phar macy – Ovi edo, FL Commission Action: C ommi ssioner Ing uanti is requesti ng addit ional docu ments for the above non - r esident ph armacy applicat ions fo r furth er review. Request (s) for Non - Resident Ster ile Compounding Ser vices Rom an Hea lth Pharm acy L LC – Buffalo Grove, IL Commission Action: Commissioner Taylor move d Commissioner DeFazio sec ond ed pa ssed by a vote of 6-0 to approv e the req uest to add Sterile compound ing s ervices to the li cense.

Page - 6 - of 6 Miscellan eous Matter s The dat es for th e Com missio n of Ph armacy Meetin gs in 2 024 wer e discu ssed and voted on as the last Wednesday of every month, except the month(s) of February, July and De cember n o me eting(s) are held. The date s are as follows: January 29, 202 5 August 2 7, 202 5 March 2 6, 202 5 Septembe r 2 4, 202 5 April 30, 2024 5 Oct ober 29, 202 5 Ma y 2 8, 20 2 5 November 19, 202 5 June 2 5, 2024 App rova l to A ccept Commis sio n of Ph arma cy Me eting Minut e(s) October 30, 2024 Commission Action: C ommissioner DeF azio motion to acc ept, Commissioner Ingua nti moved and seconded by Commissioner T aylo r, Commissioner L inder Abstained the motion passe d by a vote of 5-0 to acc ept. There being no further b usiness, Commission er DeFazio adjou rned the meeting. Commission Action: C ommissione r DeFazio motion to accept, Commissioner Ingua nti moved, seconded by Commission er DeFaz io sec onde d, and pa ssed b y a vote of 6-0 t o adjo urn. Res pect ively Submi tted, Angelo DeFa zio ______ _____ _ Angelo DeFazio, Chair person Prepared by Gina Samples ___ _________ Gina Samp les, Board Administr ator