California Designated Representative - Disciplinary Actions

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Updated June 15, 2026

California State Board of Pharmacy - Disciplinary Actions

If you:

• are a California Designated Representative applicant or licensee, or 
• manage a wholesale or 3PL facility, 

- then your professional status and public reputation rest upon legal and regulatory compliance.

When facilities and/or licensees break applicable laws and regulations, the Board takes enforcement action. Typically, the Board files accusations, and then follows that with disciplinary action.

When disciplinary action occurs, people (including the public and consumers) can learn about it through a couple of ways:

• They can view lists of licensees reported on the Board's Disciplinary Actions webpage, or
• They can read the details of each case, naming the licensee, the cause for discipline, and the resulting Board action, as reported in the Board's newsletter, The Script. In each issue of The Script, in a section labeled "Disciplinary Actions," individual cases are hyperlinked and can open up a detailed legal document for the case.

Resources:

• California State Board of Pharmacy - Enforcement Actions and Policies
• California State Board of Pharmacy - Laws and Regulations

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Distributors - Avoid DEA License Suspension

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Updated October 29, 2025

Some of the links in the original post broke.

You might also be interested in:
DEA alleges Harvard Drug Group sold controlled substances improperly - by Crain's Detroit Business

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Michigan Pharmaceutical Supplier’s DEA License Suspended - Harvard Drug Group, LLC distributed 13 million doses of Oxy from 2008-2010 is yet another warning shot to pharmaceutical distributors.

Adam Fein says "the DEA seems intent on holding drug wholesalers accountable for diversion of controlled substances by the wholesaler’s pharmacy customers." (The DEA Nabs Another Wholesaler)

Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), states in the DEA news release:

"Pharmaceutical companies have a responsibility to ensure that the drugs they sell don’t end up in the hands of drug traffickers or businesses that are conducting their business illegally. Harvard Drug Group, LLC, should have known, based on the large, frequent quantities, that their customers were diverting oxycodone into arenas that were not legitimate. Today’s action sends the message that the DEA is working hard to hold accountable those companies that are operating in a manner outside of federal law."

Be forewarned.

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California Designated Representative Training Courses (approved by the California State Board of Pharmacy) - for wholesalers, 3PL, reverse distributors

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Designated Representative Violations

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Updated July 31, 2026

The California Board of Pharmacy files cases against designated representatives where the violation(s) involve significant misconduct on the part of the licensee. The board believes that revocation is typically the appropriate penalty when grounds for discipline are found to exist. Grounds for discipline include, but are not limited to, the following violation(s) of law(s) involving:

• Possession of dangerous drugs and/or controlled substances
• Use of dangerous drugs and/or controlled substances
• Possession for sale of dangerous drugs and/or controlled substances
• Personal misuse of drugs or alcohol

If revocation is not imposed, the board recommends a minimum Category III level of discipline be imposed on the designated representative. This would include suspension and probation.

Source:  California Board of Pharmacy - Disciplinary Guidelines - A Manual of Disciplinary Guidelines and Model Disciplinary Orders (this navigates to the link for the PDF)

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute