California Pharmacist Vol. 73, No. 2 SPRING 2026 - Magazine - Page 38
State-Level Litigation and Medi-Cal
Fraud
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Respondents
Curtis Dean Ancar (RPH)
Bernard Gramlich (RPH)
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Case Numbers
AC 56937
AC 77328
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Administrative Discipline:
California Board Of Pharmacy
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Factual Violations
A chain drugstore PIC who allegedly failed to verify multiple
"red flags" for opioid prescriptions; excessive furnishing of
controlled substances.
An independent pharmacy owner whose license was already
on probation with the California State Board of Pharmacy
engaged in sterile compounding activities from nonsterile
ingredients within a local prescriber’s office, and committed a
barrage of technical compounding violations.
Outcomes (2025-26)
5-Year Probation
Voluntary Surrender
