FORMER Rottnest Pharmacy owner, Jeffrey Stewart Lees, has secured condition-free registration, after mistakenly indicating that he did not meet recency of practice requirements in 2019.
The Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal was told that Lee had closed the pharmacy in May 2017, and had not practiced from that point until he sought to renew his registration in Oct 2019.
However in his application and a subsequent CV provided to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) he reported that he had closed the store in May 2016, and he had not completed the required 450 hours in the past three years when he submitted his renewal application.
As a result the Pharmacy Board of Australia implemented a number of conditions on his registration.
The Tribunal noted that Lee was a "very experienced pharmacist" and had "never had a complaint against him" in 40 years of practice.
Explaining the errors in his registration renewal application and CV, Lee acknowledged that he was a person who overlooks and forgets things, and did not keep records.
In a statement to the Tribunal, Lee said he had worked full-time at the Rottnest Pharmacy from Nov 2006 until May 2017, and provided business statements for the Rottnest Pharmacy to the Tribunal, including bank statements, records of purchases from pharmacy wholesalers and prescriptions dispensed up until May 2017.
Lee's evidence was corroborated by his partner, whom the Tribunal said was "a reliable witness".
While the Tribunal ruled in Lee's favour on his registration renewal application, he was ordered to pay costs of $6,688.
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