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- A CVS store in Ohio was in a state of disarray when the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy visited it.
- Inspectors said phones weren’t working, the AC was broken, and the store was massively understaffed.
- The store has now been slapped with a $250,000 fine.
CVS has been fined $250,000 by state regulators in Ohio who said that it understaffed a store so badly that prescriptions weren’t being filled in a timely manner and medicine was being stored in a haphazard way.
The decision follows an investigation by the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, which sent inspectors to CVS’ store in Canton, north-east Ohio, in mid-September 2021.
Inspectors found that phones weren’t working properly, the AC unit was broken, and the store was massively understaffed.
Some medications were stored on the floor, including by the pharmacist workstation, and a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was stored in an unlocked freezer, the Board said in a letter to the store and to CVS management.