Thunder Bay pharmacy, 2 pharmacists face disciplinary hearings by Ontario regulator
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A Thunder Bay pharmacy and two pharmacists face disciplinary hearings with the Ontario profession's regulator.
Jaspreet Sahota allegedly committed proprietary misconduct while working as the designated manager and director of Fort William Medical Pharmacy, says the notice of hearing on the Ontario College of Pharmacists' (OCP) public registry.
Chi Luu, who also goes by Hao, allegedly committed professional misconduct during the approximate period of January to May 2023 while working at the pharmacy, says the OCP notice.
Sahota allegedly "engaged in conduct or performing an act relevant to the practice of pharmacy that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional," the notice reads.
The allegations include failing to adequately manage the pharmacy, supervise staff and keep documents as required. The notice said the allegations relate to narcotics/controlled substances, opioid agonist therapy (OAT) medications and/or patients. They also included compounding, medication labelling, as well as expired drugs and products.
The most recent allegations against Sahota were referred to the college on Sept. 9. They have not yet been tested at a formal hearing. The OCP had not released a hearing date as of Tuesday.
CBC News attempted to reach Sahota by email and phone, but did not receive a response by time of publication.
Sahota also faces a set of professional misconduct allegations that were referred on Aug. 19. They allege Sahota broke federal law related to narcotic control and had multiple failures related to management of narcotics/controlled substances.
The misconduct occurred from approximately January to May 2023 while Sahota was acting as the director, shareholder, owner, designated manager, and/or dispensing pharmacist at Fort William Medical Pharmacy, alleges the summary posted on the OCP website.
Sahota allegedly did not take reasonable steps to protect narcotics and/or controlled substances at the pharmacy from loss or theft — the OCP says that's a violation of Canada's Controlled Drugs And Substances Act. The allegations do not specify whether anything was actually lost or stolen from the pharmacy.
Under Sahota's management, prescriptions were allegedly being dispensed without a valid authorization from a prescriber, said the summary of allegations on the OCP website.
Unregulated staff at Fort William Medical Pharmacy were able "to sign records and/or process prescriptions to falsely indicate that pharmacists had dispensed and/or clinically verified prescriptions," as well as "measure, verify, dispense, and/or witness prescriptions for OAT medications," the summary alleges.
Before the two discipline matters were referred to the college, Sahota was subject to conditions on his right to practise. On March 24, 2024, he signed an agreement with the OCP that specified he had agreed to stop offering to compensate fees charged by the nurse practitioners and staff of the Fort William Medical Clinic for patients who elected to fill prescriptions at Fort William Medical Pharmacy.
Sahota's OCP profile lists him as a director of Fort William Medical Pharmacy Inc and three other corporations that own pharmacies in northwestern Ontario.
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