THE Health Care Complaints Commission recently prosecuted a complaint against pharmacist Michael Stanley Lowe before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal).
It was alleged that in Jun 2020, while owning three pharmacies in Sydney, Lowe was charged with offences of dealing with property suspected of being proceeds of crime, supplying a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug, and various motor vehicle offences, and was later convicted of these offences.
Lowe also failed to notify Ahpra within seven days of being charged with these offences.
It was also alleged that Lowe failed to disclose changes to his criminal history in his Application for Renewal of Registration submitted in Oct 2020.
In its decision of 11 Aug 2023, the Tribunal found the complaint proven.
The Tribunal also found Lowe's convictions rendered him unfit in the public interest to practise and that he was guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct.
As a result, the Tribunal cancelled Lowe's registration as a pharmacist and imposed a non-review period of three years.
The full decision can be found HERE.
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