The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Public Health
Division of Health Professions Licensure

DEVALL. PATRICK

GOVERNOR	Board of Registration in Pharmacy

TIMOTHY P. MURRAY
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

JUDYANN BIGBY, MD
SECRETARY

PAUL J.COTE, JR.
COMMISSIONER

JEAN K.PONTIKAS
DIRECTOR

February 22, 2007 

Matthew J. Hart
[redacted]

239 Causeway Street, Suite 200, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02114
(800) 414-0168
http://www. mass.gov/reg/boards/ph

Re:  Surrender of Pharmacy Technician Reg.  No.  6830 in resolution  of Complaint No. PH-PT-07-061

Dear Mr. Hart:

The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy (Board) is in receipt of your January 22, 2007 letter to Board Investigator Samuel J. Penta surrendering Massachusetts Pharmacy
Technician Registration No. 6830 (exp. 07/02/07) in resolution of Complaint No. PH-PT-07-061.

Please be advised that the Board has accepted the surrender of your pharmacy technician Registration on the terms and condition that you understand and agree your surrender is voluntarily tendered; that license surrender is an act which deprives you of all privileges of registration and is not subject to reconsideration or judicial review; and that the Board will not review any application for licensure as a pharmacy technician in the future.

Very truly yours,

Sophia Pasedis, Pharm.D., R.Ph.
PRESIDENT-ELECT

Certified Mail No. 7003 1010 0003 3509 5986 and First Class Mail

Dec. No. 1508

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing in response to the complaint issued to me concerning the allegations
of drug diversion. This is concerning my employment and termination from CVS
Pharmacy 19 Dodge Street, Beverly MA. I, Matthew J Hart on January 22, 2007, hereby voluntarily relinquish my pharmacy technician license and registration. I do admit to making some poor choices in both my personal and professional life however I feel that this situation was handled inappropriately concerning the quantity of the stock and the stock itself that was allegedly taken. I fully admit to taking some Hydrocodone/APAP 7.5/750, 20 pills and not bottles, back in May when I was not able to see the dentist concerning an abscessed molar over the weekend. I do also admit to taking a return to stock bottle of lorazepam 0.5mg (30 pills again and not bottles) as I was dealing with test anxiety during the fall semester as well. These items are what I took in my 3 years as a Pharmacy technician.
During the initial questioning I was told that if I "admitted" to everything the loss
prevention manager alleged was missing according to her numbers this would be kept "in house" avoiding police involvement. So foolishly believing this offer I lied to avoid formal charges being brought about as I was led to believe this would go no further than what I perceived to be in-house protocol: being reprimanded, suspended, perhaps rehab, maybe even fired however never considering having criminal charges brought against me.
I am not proud of what I have done and I know this does not excuse the mistakes in the past, I do however believe that I am being treated as a scapegoat for a store where things apparently go missing quite often. I am further grieved and angered concerning being lied to and the coercion that led to these hefty allegations involved in this case. I find this to be a most grievous and shameful occurrence. My deepest and sincerest apologies for these offenses, but to the degree in which I am being charged I find most preposterous and degrading.  I have not enclosed my physical license as I tore it to pieces and disposed of it in the trash when this whole debacle came about.

Sincerely,

Matthew J. Hart