AUGUSTA – The Maine Board of Pharmacy on Tuesday revoked the license of fired Bethel Rite Aid pharmacist John Bartash Jr. of Rumford, who was accused of stealing drugs from the pharmacy in August.

The board also reprimanded the former longtime Rumford pharmacist, according to a consent agreement posted Wednesday morning on the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation Web site.

The department oversees the state pharmacy board, said Doug Dunbar, a commissioner’s assistant with the department.

Through the consent agreement he signed on Sept. 19, Bartash admitted to prescribing five 500 mg Vicodin pills to his dog Stella Rose on Aug. 10 while working at the Bethel Rite Aid pharmacy. He signed the name of a local veterinarian on the prescription form, filled the prescription and used the narcotic painkiller himself, according to the agreement.

“By signing, Mr. Bartash acknowledges the items in the agreement, but the agreement wasn’t fully executed until all parties signed,” Dunbar wrote in an e-mail Wednesday. That happened during Tuesday’s regular Board of Pharmacy meeting.

According to the agreement, the state pharmacy board received a report on Aug. 27 from the Bethel Rite Aid, stating that the store had fired Bartash for allegedly diverting the controlled substance hydrocodone from the pharmacy.

Following a presentation of the complaint on Sept. 9, the board suspended Bartash’s license after determining that he “placed the health and physical safety of the public in immediate jeopardy.”

Although the consent agreement cannot be appealed, Bartash can petition the state pharmacy board for reinstatement of his license following “a reasonable interval.”

Dunbar said the board would determine when enough time had passed and whether reinstatement was appropriate.

“A careful and thorough review is conducted when requests for reinstatement are made,” Dunbar said.

Bartash could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.

A second-generation pharmacist, he owned and operated The Rumford Drug Store, which closed in 2005 after being purchased by Rite Aid.

Bartash had bought the Congress Street pharmacy in 1971 from his father, John Bartash Sr., who had owned and operated it since 1934.