THE NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) has prosecuted a complaint against pharmacist Nicholas Fearon before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, which found him guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct, and having been convicted of a criminal offence in NSW, was not a suitable person to hold registration as a pharmacist.
The misconduct related to the supply of anabolic steroids in particular as well as other restricted substances without valid scripts.
The Tribunal said that "in the absence of a cogent reason, a pharmacist who in breach of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulations knowingly supplies prescribed medication, in particular, restricted substances and drugs of addiction, without a prescription or repeat authorisation, is unfit to hold registration as a pharmacist".
See caselaw.nsw.gov.au for more.
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