In the Matter of: Clinical Specialties Compounding Pharmacy 318 Baston Road, Suite 103 Augusta, GA 30907 ORDER TO CEASE AND DESIST

BEFORE THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In the Matter of:
Clinical Specialties Compounding Pharmacy
318 Baston Road, Suite 103
Augusta, GA  30907  ORDER TO CEASE AND DESIST
Respondent.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED RESPONDENT:
WHEREAS, the Board is  charged with  promoting, preserving and  protecting the health, safety
and welfare of the public by and through the effective control and regulation of the practice of pharmacy,
the  licensure,  permitting,  control  and  regulation  of all  sites  or  persons,  in  or  out  of this  State,  that
distribute, manufacture, possess or sell drugs or devices within this State, and
WHEREAS,  it  has  been  brought  to  the  attention  of the  South  Carolina  Board  of Pharmacy
(hereinafter "the Board") that Clinical Specialties Compounding Pharmacy, a non-resident pharmacy, has
distributed drugs by shipping medications into South Carolina and therefore is in violation of  S.c. Code
Ann. § 40-43-30(14), 40-43-90 and Reg.99-43  and
WHEREAS, it is  unlawful to engage in the sale, purchase, distribute or trade of a drug, or offer
to sell, purchase, or trade a drug, or the dispensing of a drug unless permitted in this State and
WHEREAS, you are not currently authorized by the Board to have charge of, engage in, or carry
on, for yourself or another, the sale or distribution of prescription drug orders anywhere within this State
pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 40-43-83 or 40-43-90; and
WHEREAS, this  Order is  authorized  by  § S.C. Code Ann.  §§  40-43-60;  40-43-150(B),  40-43­
140,40-1-100, and 40-1-120 (Supp. 2003).
THEREFORE,  YOU  ARE HEREBY  NOTIFIED  AND  EXPRESSLY  ORDERED  to
immediately  cease  and  desist from  shipping,  distributing, selling or trading  prescription  drugs  into the
State  of South  Carolina  until  as  required  by  S.C.  Code  Ann.  § 40-43-83  and  other  applicable  law  as
recited  above,  until such time,  if ever,  as  you may  be  properly  authorized  by  the Board  in  accordance
with law.
VIOLATIONS MAY BE PUNISHED BY THE IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTIES IN
AMOUNTS  UP  TO  TEN  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  ($10,000)  FOR  EACH  VIOLATION  AND
CRIMINAL  PENALTIES  WHICH  MAY  INCLUDE  FINES  OR  IMPRISONMENT,  AS
PROVIDED BY LAW.
SOUTH CAROLINA BOARD OF PHARMACY
March 15,2013  BY:
Board Administrator