Meet the Inspectors & Investigators
The Board of Pharmacy conducts inspections of pharmacies to ensure that the dispensing of prescription drugs is occurring in a safe, clean environment and being done by competent licensed individuals according to federal and state drug laws. The Board conducts opening inspections of pharmacies applying for an initial license, and at least a biennial inspection of each licensed pharmacy. The Board employs six inspectors who each cover a certain geographic region of the state and operate out of their homes. Michael LeMasters acts in the capacity of Chief Compliance Officer for the inspectors.
Each year half of the pharmacies will be visited by their inspector for a routine inspection, with the other half inspected the following year. Sterile compounders will be inspected every year. So, each pharmacy except sterile compounders will be visited by an inspector only once every two years unless a problem or special circumstance arises.
During the actual visit by the inspector, he/she will fill out an inspection form and list those items found to not be in compliance with the law. A Non-Compliance Correction Report will be issued showing these items requiring the pharmacist-in-charge to show the corrective action they have taken on each of the non-compliant items and send this report to the Board office within ten days. Regardless of when a pharmacy was or will be inspected, the pharmacist-in-charge should continually take time to identify areas of non-compliance and correct these areas as a method of continuous quality improvement.
Inspectors
Michael LeMasters RPh
Chief Compliance Officer
WV Board of Pharmacy
1207 Quarrier Street, 4th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 558-0558
Tom Robinette RPh
WV Board of Pharmacy
1207 Quarrier Street, 4th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
Thomas.L.Robinette@wv.gov
Graduate of WVU School of Pharmacy 1971. In practice 46 years, 24 years as a director of pharmacy for tertiary care hospitals and level 2 trauma center, director of pharmacy for behavioral medicine hospital, director for home infusion pharmacy, experience in retail, long term care, and skilled nursing pharmacy practice. Served in clinical capacity for neonatal intensive care, pediatrics and pediatric intensive care, burn unit, and adult medicine services. Married with 2 daughters, 2 granddaughters. Resident of Cross Lanes, WV, Kanawha County.
Donald L. Klamut
WV Board of Pharmacy
1207 Quarrier Street, 4th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
Donald.L.Klamut@wv.gov
Graduate of West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Worked 40 years primarily as a retail Pharmacist, with some hospital experience. Retired as a Clinical Pharmacist from the VA Medical System. Married with three sons and four grandchildren. Became an inspector for the Board in 2015. Native and resident of Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Alyssa Starcher, RPh
WV Board of Pharmacy
1207 Quarrier Street, 4th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
Alyssa.L.Starcher@wv.gov
Coming Soon
Stephen Boykin, RPh
WV Board of Pharmacy
1207 Quarrier Street, 4th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
Stephen.P.Boykin@wv.gov
Graduated from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, B.S., 1973, M.S. in Institutional Pharmacy, 1976, and an ASHP Accredited Residency. M.B.A., Southern New Hampshire University, 1990. In practice 46 years, working in various positions in university teaching and private hospitals, retail pharmacy, and 29 years with the Department of Veterans Affairs, as a Chief, Pharmacy Service, National Program Manager for VA Central Office, and retiring as the Associate Medical Center Director from the Martinsburg VA Medical Center.
Mark Rubin, RPh
WV Board of Pharmacy
1207 Quarrier Street, 4th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
Mark.S.Rubin@wv.gov
Started working in pharmacy during High School. Graduatred West Virginia University School of Pharmacy in 1982. Practiced primarily in community pharmacies including independent, chain, and rural health 340b clinic pharmacies. Married with three sons and six grandchildren. Lifelong resident of West Virginia, currently living in Beckley, Raleigh County.
Earl (Tom) Bennett, RPh
WV Board of Pharmacy
1207 Quarrier Street, 4th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
Earl.T.Bennett@wv.gov
Graduate of Ohio Northern University School of Pharmacy in 1973. Practiced retail Pharmacy for 45 years before retiring. Married with one son, one daughter and 2 grandchildren. Lifelong resident of West Virginia.
Brandon Dolly, RPh
WV Board of Pharmacy
1207 Quarrier Street, 4th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
Brandon.M.Dolly@wv.gov
Brandon Dolly is originally from Belington WV and graduated from Philip Barbour High School. Upon graduation, he attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. He later attended WVU School of Pharmacy where he obtained his PharmD in 2016.
Brandon began working as an intern at Charleston Area Medical Center in 2013 and was hired as a clinical staff pharmacist upon his graduation in 2016. In 2018, he was hired to the role of manager of CAMC Solutions, a sterile compounding facility serving CAMC’s four Charleston hospitals, which he maintained until joining the Board of Pharmacy in 2024. During his tenure as manager of CAMC Solutions he gained targeted knowledge in sterile compounding including attending Critical Point’s sterile compounding boot camp in New Jersey and obtaining a BPS certification as a board-certified sterile compounding pharmacist in 2020.
Brandon resides in Clendenin with his wife Brittany, who is an English and Literature teacher at Clay High School. They share their house with two dogs, Gracie and Bullet, who specialize in naps, and two cats, Bob and Blitz, whose areas of interest include stealing food and general household acts of terror.
Investigators
Fred Wagoner
Retired from the West Virginia State Police.
David Lucas
Retired from the West Virginia State Police.
Michael Smith