STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, | Petitioner, . vs. CASE NO. 00-04224 OI- OLS PL GORDON GYOR, R.PH., Respondent. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT COMES NOW, the Petitioner, Department of Health, and files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Pharmacy, against the Respondent, GORDON GYOR, R.PH., and in support thereof would state: 1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of pharmacy, pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes; Chapter 2000-160, Florida Statutes; and Chapter 465, Florida Statutes. 2. Effective July 1, 1997, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of pharmacy pursuant to Section 20.43, Florida Statutes, Chapter 456, Florida Statutes, (formerly Chapter 455, Part II; see Chapter 2000-160, Laws of Florida), Chapter 465, Florida Statutes. Pursuant to Section 20.43(3)(g), Florida Statutes, the Department has contracted with the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide consumer complaint, investigative, and prosecutorial services required by the Division of Medical Quality Assurance, councils, or boards, as appropriate. 3. : Respondent has been at all times pertinent hereto, a duly licensed pharmacist pursuant to Chapter 465, Florida Statutes, having been issued license number PS 0011402. 4. The Respondent’s last known address is 6045 Vista Linda Lane, Boca Raton, Florida 33433-1005. 5. At all times material to the allegations in this complaint, the Respondent was the pharmacist for Pet Med Express. 6. On November 16, 1999 a veterinarian at the Spencer Creek Animal Hospital Clinic, Inc., located in St. Peters, Missouri, received a call from Pet Med Express for the purposes of validating the dispensing of Heartguard Plus, a prescription drug, for two (2) dogs who were patients of the veterinarian. 7, At the time and place of the call as aforesaid the veterinarian in question declined to issue a script on each of the clogs, and refused to authorize the dispensing of the medication in question. 8. In January of this year the veterinarian in question called the owner of the dogs referred to above and was advised that the Heartguard medication had been shipped to him by Pet Med. 9. On November 17, 1999 the Spencer Creek Animal Hospital in St. Peters, Missouri received a telephone call from Fet Med Express, for the purpose of authorizing the dispensing of Heartguard Plus, a prescription medication for two (2) dogs belonging to a client of the animal hospital. 10. At the time of the call the veterinarian put the phone down to get the animal’s medical charts and at the time he returned the phone line was dead. The Respondent never called back. 11. _ In January of 2000 the veterinarian in question called the cleint to see he he needed the Heartguard medication. 12. The client indicated that they had received the prescription drugs from Pet Med in November of 1999. 13. At no time did the veterinarian in question authorize the filling of either of the prescriptions referred to here and above. 14, The Respondent’s conduct is contrary to the provisions contained in Section 465.015(1)(c), Florida Statutes, for selling or dispensing drugs without first being furnished with a prescription and Section 465.016(1)(i), Florida Statutes, for dispensing or distributing a legend drug other than in the course of the professional practice of pharmacy. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectiully requests the Board of Pharmacy to enter an Order imposing one or more of the penalties proscribed by law, together with any other and further relief deemed just under the circumstances. SIGNED this V4 fay Dnt 2000. Robert G. Brooks, M.D. FILED DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH . DEPUTY CLERK Chief Attorney CLERK Neh R. Lenn On Behalf of the Agency for Health Care Administration pate__§-.30-Se20- COUNSEL FOR AGENCY: Lawrence F. Kranert, fr. General Counsel's Office - MQA Allied Health P.O. Box 14229 Tallahassee, Florida 32317-4229 (850)487-2225 07/16/00 PCP: We 6s

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