Legal
Indirect dispensing model under fire
A NSW pharmacist owner has fronted a tribunal over “extreme concerns” related to his involvement with compounding and dispensing for online platforms, and other complaints A Sydney proprietor of multiple …
‘Trusted’ pharmacist takes flight after guilty verdict
A pharmacist convicted of 70 counts of illegally dispensing and distributing “copious quantities” of opioid pills from his pharmacy attempted to flee after hearing the verdict A 71-year-old pharmacist from …
Crime roundup
A pharmacist is facing a charge of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and a related drink driving offence The regional NSW pharmacist has had five conditions placed on …
Stalker pharmacist said victim should be beheaded
A pharmacist took to religious penance after he stalked and threatened a man – and quit his job because he does not want a COVID vaccine The Herald Sun has …
‘Duped by a manipulative patient.’
A pharmacist failed in her “gatekeeper” role when she repeatedly dispensed drugs in a quantity which would have killed the patient if he had taken them all, a Tribunal says …
Suspended over misconduct
A pharmacist proprietor suspended for more than two years for improper dispensing of multiple scripts is the second to be linked to two prescribers—who have also been disciplined A 45-year-old …
‘Incredible oversupply’ of codeine
A former pharmacy owner is awaiting a Tribunal decision on penalties after it heard her patient was receiving the highest amount of codeine in Victoria The Herald Sun reports that …
‘Bags and bags’ of drugs in notification pics
A pharmacy owner’s immediate suspension was set aside after she appealed the 2020 decision The owner of a Queensland pharmacy faced the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal in an appeal …
GP who attacked pharmacist receives ‘longest ever ban’
A doctor jailed over the attempted murder of a pharmacist, who had notified Ahpra about his improper prescribing practices, has been slapped with an effective lifetime ban A South Australian …
TGA ponders legal action over Kelly texts
Regulator concerned over spurious COVID-19 information sent by controversial MP The Therapeutic Goods Administration is looking at potentially taking legal action under the Criminal Code after controversial MP Craig Kelly …
‘Contumelious disregard’ for obligations
A pharmacist has been banned from working in any health service after he dispensed medicines to employees and repeatedly supplied off-label drugs A pharmacist has had his registration cancelled and …
$18k bill for regulator’s costs
An unemployed pharmacist has said his pharmacies “deteriorated into unviable businesses” while his registration was suspended, hoping to pay reduced legal costs The Civil and Administrative Tribunal NSW has made …