THE NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) has ordered that the registration of pharmacist Marianne Tanios be cancelled for unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct, in relation to her dispensing of medication to herself without valid prescriptions.
Tanios was found guilty of dispensing large quantities of the weight-loss drug Duromine as well as medications including Motilium, Modavigil, Stildem, Diabex, Deralin and Valpam for her own use.
She also was found to have inappropriately dispensed under the name of a close relative and pharmacy customers, creating false records in the dispensing system and misappropriating a significant quantity of drugs without making payment.
The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal noted that the conduct was 'deliberate, calculated and knowingly contrary to the law'.
The Tribunal also ordered that Tanios be prohibited from working as a pharmacy assistant or in any capacity where she would handle schedule 8 or schedule 4D drugs for a one year non-review period.
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