A WESTERN Australian pharmacist has been reprimanded, suspended for two months, and fined $10,000 last week for professional misconduct after inappropriate dispensing of steroid medication.
Chetan Anant Hegde, a registered pharmacist, dispensed anabolic androgenic steroids during the period 01 Jan 2008 to 30 Apr 2009, and was referred by Ahpra in May 2017 to the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia.
The tribunal cancelled Hegde's registration and disqualified him for three years.
However, on appealing the decision, the penalty was set aside, as the incident happened 15 years ago.
The Tribunal said that since then Hedge has practised without any incident, is remorseful and has undergone counselling and further training.
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