Emily Pinon, a pharmacist practicing in Bibb County, sued the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy on Wednesday over new emergency rules they passed in August regulating the profession.
Pinon is represented by Joseph Kreps, a Birmingham attorney and longtime critic of the board.
According to the lawsuit, Pinon is seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction “prohibiting the Board from enforcing the August 20, 2025 emergency rules and further requiring the Board to return all unlawful funds collected since the passage of the August 20, 2025, unlawful emergency rules.”
“(Pinon) is a licensed pharmacist who, like thousands of other licensees, is directly regulated by the Board,” Kreps said in the lawsuit. “Plaintiff is required to comply with its rules, pay its fees, and live under constant threat of actions for non-compliance over minor and technical violations brought by the Board only to increase revenue collected. The August 20 “emergency rules” have already altered Plaintiff’s legal duties and expose Plaintiff to new and increased unlawful fines, penalties, and professional jeopardy. These injuries are concrete, immediate, and irreparable.”
Legislators criticized the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy at a recent committee meeting over a large settlement payment to a former executive secretary and violations of the Open Meetings Act.
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