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Five-year ban for taking exploitative photos
A doctor and qualified pharmacist has been banned from providing any health service after his “disgraceful and contemptible” conduct The practitioner had been registered as a pharmacist between 2008 and …
Boy’s methadone death was in ‘high-risk’ circumstances
A pharmacist who dispensed methadone to parents of a boy who died from ingesting the drug has suggested a “better system” for informing employee pharmacists, especially when owners are absent …
‘Too much trust and confidence’ in doctors next door
A pharmacist, who was filling up to 350 scripts a shift alone, has told a tribunal how he was not always able to exercise his independent clinical judgment adequately when …
Tribunal notes ‘demonstrated willingness to seek help’
A pharmacist spotted forged scripts for alprazolam and lorazepam, written by a registered nurse A Victorian nurse has been reprimanded and his registration suspended after he stole blank scripts from …
Viagra ‘shopping list’ written on script, man claimed
Pharmacy staff noted discrepancies in handwriting on a script for Viagra and antibiotics, a magistrate’s court has heard Damien Andrew Popp has appeared in the Toowoomba magistrate’s court, where he …
‘You will pay for it in a major and punishing way’
A doctor sent “abusive, insulting and threatening” comments to a pharmacist—and allegedly told the store’s owners to sack him and pay the doctor $10,000 A doctor’s attempt to have an …
Improper claiming
Reprimand of NSW approved pharmacist follows probe by the Pharmaceutical Services Federal Committee of Inquiry The minister for health and aged care has reprimanded NSW approved pharmacist, Aged Health Care …
‘Circumvention of the rules’ leads to pharmacist’s tribunal hearing
When it was seized at the border, a pharmacist tried to claim that a shipment of unlawfully imported Phosphatidylcholine was for her personal use A Stage One hearing before the …
‘Catastrophic’ consequences averted by pharmacist and cardiologist
A pharmacist was one of several people who notified the regulator about a doctor who was using kinesiology to diagnose patients, and prescribed potentially dangerous medicines regimes – plus colour …
Employer audit reveals unregistered pharmacist
A pharmacist let his registration lapse and practised for four months before his employer caught him Ahpra has issued a statement about a man who has been prosecuted for holding …
Pharmacist unlikely to repeat conduct: tribunal
A tribunal has told a pharmacist he can continue to practice, after he stole medicines from his employer and altered records The pharmacist’s case has been heard by the Queensland …
Fighting the clause
Should you consent to an order under Clause 175 of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation? lawyer Maurice Hannan investigates In the wake of section 150 proceedings, the Pharmacy Council …