THE Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal has reprimanded, fined and placed conditions on a pharmacist's registration for "stealing and unlawfully supplying a prescription".
According to an update on the Pharmacy Board of Australia website, Huynh Kim Dat Ngo held provisional registration as a pharmacist and was practicing as an intern in WA in Nov 2016 when he stole a package containing 28 escitalopram tablets to provide to a female friend who was a minor, who subsequently self-administered an overdose.
Ngo pleaded guilty to charges of stealing in Feb 2017, but failed to notify the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency within seven days.
In Oct last year the tribunal found the pharmacist had behaved in a way that constitutes professional misconduct, including failing to safely dispense medication, failing to safely label the drug and failing to provide a good pharmacy service.
It also found Ngo did not follow the Pharmacy Board of Australia Registration Standard: Criminal History, imposing a $1,550 fine and ordering he complete a board-approved program of education on appropriate dispensing, ethical decision making and record-keeping.
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