Two RI Pharmacists Lied on State Forms - Department of Health Takes Action

Two RI Pharmacists Lied on State Forms - Department of Health Takes Action

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has reprimanded two licensed pharmacists - for lying on state forms.

RIDOH issued two consent orders this week for pharmacists Aram Babock and Kayla Babcock after they had renewed their licenses with the state — and falsely claimed they completed legally required continuing education requirements. 

According to RIDOH, a “routine audit” demonstrated that both individuals “failed to complete continuing education requirements” in violation of state law, despite on their license renewal forms for July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 answering “yes” to the question as to whether they had completed the continuing education requirements required by state law. 

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The RIDOH consent orders mandate that Aram and Kayla Babcock must obtain an additional ten live continuing education credits and 17 non-live continuing education credits by December 31, 2024, in addition to the fifteen credit hours of continuing education required under state law. 

 

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As GoLocal reported earlier in June: 

"In the last 60 days, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has taken action against nearly a half dozen nursing assistants in the state.

According to RIDOH, licensed nursing assistants were found to have committed a number of violations, from administering wrong medication, billing for hours not worked, not showing up to work — and in one case, allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars. 

The sanctions have ranged from reprimands — seven in total — to a license revocation following a nursing assistant's arrest earlier this year for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a patient."

Read more here.