Legal
‘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 …
‘No point’ in more conditions on pharmacist’s cancelled rego
A pharmacist’s complete failure to engage with the regulatory process after the consequences of a labelling error has led to the cancellation of her registration A Melbourne pharmacist has been …
No-show pharmacist likely to lose rego
A pharmacist has claimed that being “distracted and very busy” caused her to give tramadol to a patient after hours The mainstream media has reported on the case of a …
Impairment stands
A healthcare practitioner has lost her appeal to be reinstated, with a second consecutive four-year ban imposed due to impairment A specialist doctor who was struck off the register in …
Jailed pharmacist ‘another victim of a rapacious shopping centre landlord’
A veteran pharmacist has been reprimanded but will be able to reapply for registration when he leaves jail, after making false PBS claims on high-cost drugs The Queensland Civil and …
Mystery of the missing meds
A Tribunal has heard of a pharmacist’s “flagrant” breaches of obligation including dispensing drugs of addiction on forged scripts, being unable to account for thousands of Endone and Duromine tablets, …
$60k stolen drug, formula profit paid for pharmacist’s coke habit
A pharmacist said he was at “rock bottom,” grieving and addicted to cocaine when he sold HIV drugs for his own personal gain In March 2019, the Sydney pharmacist’s registration …