Spring Valley Family Pharmacy
Outcome
DEA revoked Spring Valley Family Pharmacy's registration July 2021 after owner-pharmacist Brandon O'Callaghan permanently surrendered his Ohio pharmacist license for controlled substance use in violation of a Board Order, rendering the pharmacy ineligible to maintain DEA registration.
Details
Spring Valley Family Pharmacy — DEA Revocation Following Pharmacist License Surrender (2021)
Outcome: DEA revoked Spring Valley Family Pharmacy's DEA registration in July 2021 after owner-pharmacist Brandon O'Callaghan permanently surrendered his Ohio pharmacist license — following an Ohio Board of Pharmacy investigation into his illicit drug use and failure to ensure the pharmacy met minimum standards — making the pharmacy ineligible to maintain federal DEA registration.
Spring Valley Family Pharmacy was located at 448 Jackson Pike in Gallipolis, Ohio. The Ohio Board of Pharmacy initiated an investigation of the pharmacy and its owner and primary operator, Brandon O'Callaghan, related to O'Callaghan's illicit drug usage and failure to ensure the pharmacy met minimum standards and maintained sanitary compounding area conditions to ensure public safety.
O'Callaghan tested positive for controlled substances in violation of a Board Order, demonstrating his personal use of controlled substances while serving as the licensed pharmacist responsible for the pharmacy's operations. As a result, O'Callaghan permanently and voluntarily surrendered his state pharmacist license. The pharmacy then permanently and voluntarily surrendered its terminal distributor of dangerous drugs license in Ohio.
Because the pharmacy permanently surrendered its Ohio state pharmacy license, it became ineligible to maintain a DEA registration — DEA registration requires current state authority to handle controlled substances. The pharmacy waived the right to a hearing and the right to submit a written statement or corrective action plan. The DEA revoked the pharmacy's registration in the Decision and Order published July 2, 2021.
Primary Source: Spring Valley Family Pharmacy; Decision and Order (Fed. Reg. Jul. 2, 2021)
How Crucible Prevents This
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy initiated action based on the pharmacist-owner's illicit drug usage and failure to maintain minimum pharmacy standards — a combination of personal conduct and operational violations. Crucible's pharmacist-of-record monitoring and pharmacy standards compliance tracking would have identified both the board action and the operational failures before the pharmacy lost state licensure.
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