State Investigating Missing Drugs

A state agency is investigating a complaint about missing drugs at Magic Valley Regional Medical Center.

Hospital administrator John Bingham said he could not comment and referred inquires to the Idaho Board of Pharmacy.

“The only thing I can tell you is we are looking into a complaint,” said Board Director Richard Markuson of Boise.

The board is the regulating and licensing agency for all pharmacies in Idaho.

Narcotics agents with the Idaho Department of Law Enforcement are not part of any investigation at the hospital, said Dan Charboneau from the department’s Boise office.

The pharmacy board has investigative authority over all “legitimate drugs,” including seeking criminal prosecution, Charboneau said. The law enforcement department will only get involved in cases of fraudulent prescriptions.