Pharmacists: Talk to a Lawyer Before You Talk to an Investigator
By Christopher E. Brown, J.D.
In Florida, You DO NOT Have to Speak to an Investigator!
Despite mailing out hundreds of thousands of postcards and letters to pharmacists, throughout Florida, we continue to receive calls from new clients and from potential clients, after they have already spoken to and made critical harmful admissions against their own interests to investigators. In Florida, you do not have any duty to cooperate with any investigator who is investigating you. This extends to Department of Health (DOH) investigators (who are sometimes titled “Medical Quality Assurance Investigators” or “Medical Malpractice Investigators”), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agents, police officers, sheriff’s deputies, or criminal investigators of any type.
The Investigator is NOT Your Friend.
Let me state this as succinctly and clearly as possible. If you are being investigated, you will not be better off making a […]