A NSW-BASED pharmacist who supplied Valium to friends and family of another pharmacist without valid prescriptions has been banned from seeking registration to practice for three years.
The Civil and Administrative Tribunal NSW found Kristen Haydon guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct in respect to her behaviour while working as a registered pharmacist at Erina Heights Chemist Outlet.
The Tribunal heard that between 01 Jan 2017 and 03 Sep 2018 she was one of two pharmacists in charge at the store, who failed to enter drugs of addiction into the dangerous drugs register contrary to Clause 56 of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008 (NSW).
On or around 15 Jul 2017 Haydon's conduct was reported to have led to the loss of 400 tablets of Endone 5mg, while on 24 Aug 2019 the Tribunal heard she took medications from the dispensary and left without making payment of the products.
Haydon was also found to have complied with a request from her colleague, John Negus (PD 06 May) in Jul 2015, to supply an expired Schedule 4 medication (Alphamox Suspension) for his cat without a valid prescription.
Between 01 Jan 2017 and 03 Sep 2018, she supplied prescribed restricted substances to customers and family members on the instructions of Negus without valid prescriptions, and between the same dates she was also found to have inappropriately left her password to the electronic dangerous drugs register on a Post-it note near the dispensary computer keyboard.
Haydon accepted that she had engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct, and that she took medications from the dispensary.
However, she disputed claims that she failed to undertake required stock checks, stating that Negus was responsible for monitoring stocks of drugs of addiction in the pharmacy.
The Tribunal ordered that until such time as Haydon is re-registered as a pharmacist she may not work in any role in which she may possess, handle or control S8 medications.
Haydon has also been ordered to pay two thirds of the Health Care Complaints Commission's costs.
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