West Virginia Code 30-5-34 – Criminal offenses
(a) When, as a result of an investigation under this article or otherwise, the board has reason to believe that a person authorized under this article has committed a criminal offense under this article, the board may bring its information to the attention of an appropriate law-enforcement official.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-5-34
- Board: means the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Offense: includes every act or omission for which a fine, forfeiture, or punishment is imposed by law. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other legal entity, including government. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Pharmacist: means an individual currently licensed by this state to engage in the practice of pharmacist care. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
- Pharmacist Care: means the provision by a pharmacist of patient care activities, with or without the dispensing of drugs or devices, intended to achieve outcomes related to the cure or prevention of a disease, elimination, or reduction of a patient's symptoms, or arresting or slowing of a disease process and as provided for in section ten. See West Virginia Code 30-5-4
(b) Any person who intentionally practices, or presents himself or herself out as qualified to practice pharmacist care or to assist in the practice of pharmacist care, or uses any title, word or abbreviation to indicate to or induce others to believe he or she is licensed to practice as a pharmacist or pharmacist technician without obtaining an active, valid West Virginia license to practice that profession; or
With a license that is:
(1) Expired, suspended or lapsed; or
(2) Inactive, revoked, suspended as a result of disciplinary action, or surrendered;
is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars.