OCP Annual Report 2001/2002 - Ontario College of Pharmacists

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No. Member: Charge Order director. The inspections will be conducted at her expense, $400 each, and the results of the inspections will be reviewed by the Pharmacy Practice Department in its normal course. 20 Q.U. Islam: A finding of professional misconduct in that he dispensed a prescription for Digoxin to an infant as 4ml twice a day instead of .4ml twice a day, ten times the concentration prescribed. A reprimand; a one month suspension of the member’s Certificate of Registration; a condition on his Certificate of Registration that he successfully complete the following courses, offered through the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, within 16 months: “The Professional Practice Laboratories” of the Canadian Pharmacy Skills I course, tailored to pediatric dispensing; and “The Professional Practice Laboratory Milestone Module”. 21 B. Khazra: A finding of professional misconduct in that he was convicted of theft over $5,000 of pharmaceutical drugs from his employer, Zellers, namely, non-narcotic prescription drugs for high blood pressure, cancer and cholesterol. A reprimand; a six-month suspension of the member’s Certificate of Registration. 22 M.M. Wu: A finding of professional misconduct in that he had dispensed a prescription drug without authorization, as well as other breaches of the standards of practice with respect to the information recorded on the prescription receipts, including information incorrectly transcribed between prescriptions, wrong directions for use, incorrect amounts dispensed, inappropriate carrying forward of old prescriptions and other problems. A reprimand; a four month suspension of the member's Certificate of Registration, two months to be remitted if he successfully completes, at his own expense, remedial training and associated examinations from the Canadian Pharmacy Skills Program offered through the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy; Law Lessons 4, 5 and 7; “Professional Practice Laboratories” including milestones in “Calculations and Translating Latin Abbreviations” as well as “Applied Therapeutics Lectures relating to Acne” and “Adverse Drug Reactions”. 23 Rose Yi and Susanna Yi: Findings of professional misconduct in that Susanna, and the pharmacy in which she and her sister Rose Yi were shareholders and pharmacist directors, were convicted of tax evasion of $44,512 and $28,242 respectively. Both members will receive a reprimand and a three-week suspension. 20 OCP Annual Report 2001-2002
No. Member: Charge Order 24 H.A. Hoegler: A finding of professional misconduct in that he was convicted of tax evasion of $73,872.14. A reprimand; a three-week suspension of the member’s Certificate of Registration. 25 H.B. Organ: Findings of professional misconduct with respect to two separate complaints. In one, a patient had received tablets in a vial that had been re-labelled, and disclosed the name and AIDS medications of another patient. The vial also contained only 49 tablets instead of 60. A reprimand; a $10,000 charitable donation payable to the HIV and AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario); a $5,000 fine and costs of $15,000 payable to the College. In the second case, the member and his business partner were convicted of twelve counts of knowingly engaging in an improper arrangement between various individuals to circumvent the “best available price” regime established under the Prescription Drug Cost Regulation Act and the Ontario Drug Benefit Act. The member and his business partner were fined $300,000 each. 26 J.M. Girgis: A finding of professional misconduct in that he dispensed drugs without referencing the prescription to the proper authority to refill; he dispensed drugs labelled with instructions for use that differed for the instructions provided by the physician; he dispensed drugs pursuant to prescriptions that were not signed by the prescribing physician; he dispensed an increased quantity of a drug without proper authority; he submitted accounts for services to a health insurance provider that he knew were false and misleading by dispensing and/or billing for 441 unauthorized prescriptions for one patient; he dispensed to another patient an increased quantity of a drug without proper authority; he charged a patient for the actual cost of drugs dispensed on 150 prescriptions but issued false receipts that inflated the total cost to eliminate that portion of the total price of the prescriptions that would not otherwise be covered under the patient’s drug plan, knowing that the patient intended to submit the false receipts to her insurer for reimbursement; and he dispensed a full year’s supply of medication, as prescribed, on eight prescriptions for two patients, but submitted monthly claims to the insurer as a A reprimand; a seven month suspension of the member’s Certificate of Registration, two months of which are to be remitted in recognition of a previous six month voluntary withdrawal from practice, three further months to be remitted if he successfully completes at his own expense, within one year, the following courses and examinations of the Canadian Pharmacy Skills II Program: “Advanced Professional Practice Laboratories” and “Law Lessons 1 through 7”; a condition on his Certificate of Registration that if he does not successfully complete this remediation within one year, his Certificate of Registration will be suspended until he does so; an unannounced inspection within 12 months, at the member’s expense, of any pharmacy which the member owns or works; costs of $3,000. OCP Annual Report 2001-2002 21
Page 2 and 3: The mission of the Ontario College
Page 4 and 5: REGISTRAR’S INTRODUCTION Registra
Page 6 and 7: President’s Message (cont’d) Du
Page 8 and 9: Accreditation Committee The Accredi
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Page 12 and 13: The Complaints Committee is a statu
Page 14 and 15: Discipline Committee The Discipline
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Page 26 and 27: Dean French, Chair Finance Committe
Page 28 and 29: Statement of Operations December 31
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Page 32 and 33: Schedule of Expenditure Year ended
Page 34 and 35: Barry Solway, Chair The Communicati
Page 36 and 37: Working Group on Certification Exam
Page 38 and 39: Standards of Practice Working Group
Page 40 and 41: Number of Pharmacists by Employment
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