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The Pharmacy Board of Australia publishes summaries of tribunal decisions about pharmacists as professional learning summaries. All information in these summaries has been made publicly available by the relevant tribunal before the Board publishes its summary.
Tribunal decisions published since the start of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (the National Scheme) in July 2010 are available below.
A tribunal has suspended a pharmacist for six months following findings of professional misconduct after she was convicted of charges of supplying Schedule 4 poisons (codeine-containing analgesics and diazepam) to one patient over a three-and-a-half-year period. Read more in the news item.
A tribunal has found a pharmacist engaged in professional misconduct for inappropriate dispensing of anabolic steroids. Read more in the news item.
A South Australian pharmacist has been suspended for a month and has had conditions imposed on his registration after being found to have misappropriated medications for his personal use. Read more in the news item.
A pharmacist who continued to practise after his registration was suspended has been convicted and fined a total of $38,000 following charges filed by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra). Read more in the news item.
A pharmacist charged with a range of serious drug offences has been reprimanded and disqualified from applying for registration for three years after a tribunal finding of professional misconduct. Read more in the news item.
A pharmacist who dispensed medication in an unsafe dosage has been reprimanded by a tribunal and ordered to do more education. Read more in the news item.
A pharmacist has been suspended after a tribunal finding of professional misconduct, for conduct described as a ‘fundamental failure of responsibility’. Read more in the news item.
A pharmacist has been reprimanded, had his registration cancelled and is disqualified for applying for registration for three years for engaging in professional misconduct and improperly obtaining his registration. Read more in the news item.
A tribunal has found a Western Australian pharmacist engaged in professional misconduct after she was convicted of unlawfully importing ice-pipes into Australia. Read more in the news item.
A tribunal has reprimanded a formerly registered pharmacist after it was found he had engaged in professional misconduct. Read more in the news item.
A tribunal has reprimanded, fined and placed conditions on a pharmacist’s registration for stealing and unlawfully supplying a prescription, and for failing to declare on a renewal application for registration that there had been changes to his criminal history. Read more in the news item.
A pharmacist in Western Australia has been reprimanded, had his registration cancelled and has been disqualified from applying for registration for two years for professional misconduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A pharmacist convicted of drug theft was reprimanded and had her provisional registration cancelled by a tribunal for professional misconduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A tribunal found a Western Australian pharmacist’s behaviour constituted professional misconduct and reprimanded him after he was convicted of unlawfully importing over 2,000 ice-pipes. For more information, please read the news item.
A pharmacist has been disqualified from re-applying for registration for six months after he admitted to professional misconduct. For more information please read the news item.
A registered pharmacist in Western Australia has been reprimanded after he admitted to engaging in professional misconduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A registered pharmacist in Victoria has been suspended for six months after it was found she had engaged in professional misconduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A tribunal suspended a pharmacist’s registration for two months and ordered him to undertake education in ethics and dispensing, after he was found to have engaged in professional misconduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A registered pharmacist has been reprimanded and disqualified from reapplying for registration for behaving in a way that constitutes professional misconduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A pharmacist who stole money and goods from his employer has been reprimanded by a tribunal and disqualified from applying for registration for six months. For more information, please read the news item.
A registered pharmacist has been reprimanded, and may be required to undergo psychiatric assessment and supervised practice should he seek re-registration, after findings of professional misconduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A pharmacist's registration was suspended by a tribunal for unlawfully and/or inappropriately supplying scheduled medications and for inadequate record keeping. For more information, please read the news item.
A pharmacist has been reprimanded with conditions imposed on his registration for unprofessional conduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A registered pharmacist has had his registration cancelled and been disqualified for reapplying for three years for behaving in a way that constitutes professional misconduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A tribunal has reprimanded a pharmacist for professional misconduct, cancelled his registration as a provisional pharmacist and disqualified him from re-applying for registration for a period of four years from the date of the Tribunal’s order. For more information, read the news item.
A pharmacist has been reprimanded, ordered to pay costs and has had conditions imposed on her registration after admitting to engaging in professional misconduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A pharmacist has been reprimanded and ordered to undertake mentoring after admitting to professional misconduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A pharmacist convicted of drug trafficking has been disqualified by a tribunal from applying for registration for three years. For more information, please read the news item.
A tribunal has reprimanded a former pharmacist and found he engaged in unprofessional conduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A tribunal has reprimanded a pharmacist and cancelled his registration and disqualified him from reapplying for registration for one year. For more information, please read the news item.
A tribunal has found a pharmacist behaved in a way that constituted professional misconduct, reprimanding him and imposing conditions on his registration. For more information, please read the news item.
A tribunal has cautioned a pharmacist following an investigation by the former Pharmacists Board of Queensland into criminal offences. For more information, please read the news item.
A tribunal has reprimanded a pharmacist and found he had engaged in unprofessional conduct. For more information, please read the news item.
A tribunal has reprimanded a pharmacist, cancelled his registration as a pharmacist and disqualified him from applying for registration for 30 years. For more information, please read the news item.
A tribunal has found that a pharmacist engaged in professional misconduct, reprimanded him and disqualified him from applying for registration for two years. For more information, please read the news item.