Human Medications, Human Drugs, Animal Medications, Animal Drugs, Pharmacy law, Pharmaceutical law, Compounding law, Sterile and Non Sterile Compounding 797 Compliance, Veterinary law, Veterinary
Compounding Law; Health Care; Awareness of all Types of Compounding Issues;
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), Outsourcing Facilities
Food and Drug Administration and Compliance Issues
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Staff Writer Fred Hiers talks about reporting and writing about the compounding industry for his series in Ocala Star-Banner
Why does the Florida Department of Health have a "gag order" on all board members, staff, inspectors, and rank and file members of state government? What does Susie Love, Chief of the Bureau of Enforcement have to hide? Is it because she directs staff to close complaints as "unfounded", "legally insufficient", or "not enough evidence to prosecute", even before an investigation could be done, merely so her "in box" looks less overflowing than it is?
No matter how caring the individual Boards of Pharmacy, Medicine, etc. all are, they are constrained by a bureaucracy that shelves complaints rather than investigating them or vigorously prosecuting them. "Good enough for government work" doesn't protect the public. Until legislators (state senators and representatives) hold Benghazi-type hearings, frustrated investigators will be afraid to talk due to the high probability of reprisals (the Florida Whistleblower Act does NOT protect whistleblowers well at all).
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Why does the Florida Department of Health have a "gag order" on all board members, staff, inspectors, and rank and file members of state government? What does Susie Love, Chief of the Bureau of Enforcement have to hide? Is it because she directs staff to close complaints as "unfounded", "legally insufficient", or "not enough evidence to prosecute", even before an investigation could be done, merely so her "in box" looks less overflowing than it is?
No matter how caring the individual Boards of Pharmacy, Medicine, etc. all are, they are constrained by a bureaucracy that shelves complaints rather than investigating them or vigorously prosecuting them. "Good enough for government work" doesn't protect the public. Until legislators (state senators and representatives) hold Benghazi-type hearings, frustrated investigators will be afraid to talk due to the high probability of reprisals (the Florida Whistleblower Act does NOT protect whistleblowers well at all).
Kenneth Woliner, MD
www.holisticfamilymed.com
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