RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina pharmacy regulators weren't
inspecting a fifth of the state's 2,700 drugstores over a period of at
least six years, and mistakes such as dispensing the wrong medications
or shorting patients on prescriptions may have been overlooked, state
Auditor Beth Wood's office said Thursday.
The North Carolina Board of Pharmacy's seven-person inspection team and lack of deadlines for site inspections meant that more than a third of the state's pharmacies hadn't been checked for four years or more during the yearlong period of the audit, ending in September 2012, according to the findings.
The North Carolina Board of Pharmacy's seven-person inspection team and lack of deadlines for site inspections meant that more than a third of the state's pharmacies hadn't been checked for four years or more during the yearlong period of the audit, ending in September 2012, according to the findings.
The board regulates more than
2,700 pharmacies, 10,600 pharmacists, 15,000 pharmacy technicians, and
hundreds of other physicians, nurse practitioners and others. The board
receives no state funding; its activities are supported entirely by
about $3.5 million in licensing and other fees.
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