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

JOHN W. POLANOWICZ
SECRETARY

LAUREN A. SMITH, MD, MPH
INTERIM COMMISSIONER

239 Causeway Street, Suite 500, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02114
(617) 973-0954
                            (617) 973-0988 TTY

	April 16, 2013

VIA U.S. FIRST CLASS CERTIFIED MAIL # 7009 2250 0001 8154 7964
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Matthew L. Owens
[redacted]

VIA U.S. FIRST CLASS CERTIFIED MAIL # 7009 2250 0001 8154 7971
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Matthew L. Owens
[redacted]

Re: Notice of License Suspension
      PT License No. 5555 (license expired 5/6/06)
      Board of Registration in Pharmacy Docket No. PHA-2013-0031

Dear Mr. Owens:

	The Child Support Enforcement Division of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) by a letter of March 15, 2013 directed the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy (Board) to suspend your license to practice as a Pharmacy Technician pursuant to M.G.L. c. 119A, s. 16(a), as you have failed to make consistent and timely payments toward your court-ordered child support obligation and currently owe past-due child support. A copy of the DOR letter notifying the Board to suspend your license and citing statutory authority for its action is enclosed. 

	The Board, as required by law, hereby notifies you that your right to renew your license to practice as a Pharmacy Technician in Massachusetts will be suspended effective five (5) days from the date of this letter. Further, you are hereby required to return any license issued to you by the Board, whether current or expired, to the Board’s office at 239 Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02114, by hand or certified mail, within five (5) days of the date of this letter.

	The suspension of your license requires that you cease all practice as a Pharmacy Technician in Massachusetts. If you practice in violation of this license suspension, such practice shall be reported to the Office of the Attorney General and you may face criminal charges for unlicensed practice.

	If there are any complaints pending against your license, or if your license is currently under discipline, the license suspension imposed in connection with your child support delinquency will still be effective. The license suspension shall continue in effect until the Board receives written notification from the DOR that the matter of your child support delinquency has been resolved with DOR.

	You are further advised that if you continue to fail to pay your child support arrearage in full, or if you fail to comply with all current child support payment orders, or both, the DOR may request the Board to revoke your license.

	You may seek judicial review of the DOR’s determination to suspend your license by filing a complaint against the DOR as stated in paragraph 3 of the enclosed DOR notice. Your appeal rights are fully set forth in G.L. c. 119A, § 16 (a)(2)(e)(1). Any appeal must be filed in the appropriate court within forty-five (45) days of this Notice of License Suspension.

Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy

By:    Margaret Cittadino 
          Associate Executive Director
					                    Board of Registration in Pharmacy

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