THE Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal has found Perth pharmacist Emson Nyoni guilty of professional misconduct after dispensing S8 drugs in contravention of conditions applied to his registration.
The long-running case followed the revocation of his authority to dispense the medications in 2013, with the pharmacist subsequently continuing to offer S8 items on at least 160 occasions.
A number of proceedings in the interim included assertions by Nyoni that the conditions placed on his registration were "nugatory" and that the regulatory authorities were trying to "assassinate his character on a world scale".
In a 14 Dec hearing the Tribunal cited a "complete lack of regard towards the authorities" by Nyoni, ordering written submissions from both the pharmacist and the Pharmacy Board of Australia in relation to orders and penalties be filed in the coming weeks - see the ruling at justice.wa.gov.au.
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