Theft of drugs from Iowa hospital triggers criminal charges, licensing board sanctions

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: July 17, 2026

Words: 278

Last Updated: 1 day, 14 hours ago

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The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has sanctioned a hospital pharmacy for failing to adequately monitor its supply of controlled substances.

The board recently charged MercyOne Dubuque West’s pharmacy with failing to ensure controlled-substance accountability and with failing to verify that its actual, physical inventorу of drugs matched the expected inventory.

According to the board, it was discovered in December 2025 that a pharmacy technician, Diane Marie Richman, had stolen a number of tablets of phentermine, …

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