TRUST your wholesaler is the lesson coming from the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia disciplinary hearing.
Canadian pharmacy owner, Laurent Pierre Roy, has landed a year-long ban and a C$25,000 fine after being found to have stocked up his store with medication and supplies stolen from the Shuswap Lake General Hospital.
In a decision handed down last week, Roy confessed that between "at least 2011 and 2018" he had purchased pharmacy supplies from a hospital employee, who had "diverted" the goods from the hospital's pharmacy.
"Evidence in the form a communication suggested the registrant [Roy] was aware of the diverted nature of the supplies he purchased, and that some of the cash he paid for supplies to the hospital employee were diverted away from hospital accounts," the College reported.
" The registrant may have benefited financially by purchasing the supplies from the hospital employee and then reselling the supplies from his pharmacy."
On top of a 365-day ban from practicing as a pharmacist and the C$25,000 fine, Roy has been barred from acting as a pharmacy manager or director until 24 Aug 2024, and will be unable to be a preceptor or supervisor of pharmacy students.
He will also have to pass an ethics course if he wishes to return to practice.
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