A NSW-BASED pharmacist has had his registration cancelled and barred from seeking to rejoin the profession for three years, after a six-month, $600,000, losing streak prompted him to accept an offer to supply schedule 4 (S4) medicines from the boot of his car at Sydney's Star Casino.
Jason Nguyen was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Civil and Administrative Tribunal of NSW, for his role in the supply of more than 68,000 tablets of S4 medicines between Jul 2015 and Nov 2016.
The Tribunal also heard that Nguyen had dispensed prescription medications, including S8 products, to a number of patients over extended periods starting in 2010.
Cancelling his registration the Tribunal recommended that he maintain membership of the PSA.
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