By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Massachusetts regulators have released the details of restrictions that have been placed on a pharmacist who was convicted of four violations of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act at a now defunct drug compounding firm.
Kathy S. Chin, whose license was placed on probation on Dec. 21 of last year, will have to work under the supervision of another licensed pharmacist and that pharmacist will have to file quarterly reports on her job performance to the state Pharmacy Board.
Chin was one of 14 people connected to the New England Compounding Center indicted in late 2014 following a two year federal probe of the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak.
She was found guilty on May 2, 2019 and sentenced to two years probation on Jan. 2 2020.
Under the consent agreement with the board, Chin's license will remain in probationary status for three years.
Before she can begin work as a pharmacist she must pass an examination (Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination)and she is barred from engaging in sterile compounding and from serving as a pharmacist-in-charge or supervising pharmacy interns.
Chin is the spouse of Glenn Chin, who was also indicted in 2014. He is now serving an eight year federal prison sentence following his conviction on racketeering, conspiracy, mail fraud and violations of the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Glenn Chin and his former boss, Barry Cadden, also have been charged with 11 counts of second degree murder in Michigan. That case has not yet gone to trial.
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