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Three-month suspension of pharmacist for improper professional conduct

ATA/204/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberApr 21, 1998Confirmed

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Omnilex summary

The Administrative Tribunal upheld a three-month disciplinary suspension of a pharmacist. He had repeatedly dispensed prohibited preparations, including thyroid-hormone slimming capsules and combinations of substances whose association was forbidden, sometimes without prescription and outside any emergency situation. He also concealed the prescription register dedicated to those products so as to hinder investigation. The court held that these acts constituted serious improper professional conduct and justified the disciplinary measure.

Omnilex headnote

LPS.126; disciplinary sanction against a pharmacist for improper professional conduct: repeated dispensing of prohibited medicinal preparations, dispensing without prescription and outside an emergency, and deliberate concealment of the relevant prescription register constitute serious professional misconduct. Where such conduct is repeated and obstructs supervisory inquiry, a temporary suspension from the profession is proportionate and may be upheld, even absent a specific patient harm showing, because the breach concerns core duties of the profession and the integrity of supervision.

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Descripteurs

PROFESSION SANITAIRE; PHARMACIEN; AGISSEMENT PROFESSIONNEL INCORRECT; AUTORITE DE SURVEILLANCE; DEVOIR DE FONCTION; MEDICAMENT; PHARMACIE; MESURE DISCIPLINAIRE; SUSPENSION DANS LA PROFESSION; CE

Normes

LPS.126

Résumé

Le TA a confirmé les 3 mois de suspension d'un pharmacien auquel il était reproché d'avoir vendu des préparations prohibées (hormones tyroïdiennes), partiellement sans ordonnance médicale et sans qu'il y ait une situation d'urgence. Ce comportement a été qualifié d'agissement professionnel incorrect. Le pharmacien qui délivre à maintes reprises des préparations interdites, soit des gélules amaigrissantes contenant une hormone thyroïdienne (art. 1 al. 1 RMA) ainsi que des préparations contenant des substances dont l'association est interdite (art. 1 al. 2 RMA) et qui soustrait astucieusement à toute investigation un ordonnancier affecté uniquement aux préparations précitées, commet de graves manquements professionnels justifiant sa radiation du registre des pharmaciens pour une durée de 3 mois .

Keywords

pharmacistprofessional misconductdisciplinary sanctionsupervisionprescriptionprohibited medicinessuspensionmedical emergency

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the pharmacist committed improper professional conduct by dispensing prohibited preparations and hiding the relevant prescription book.

Extracted holding

Yes. The repeated dispensing of prohibited preparations and the deliberate concealment of the prescription book amounted to serious professional misconduct.

Extracted reasoning

The conduct involved repeated violations of professional duties: sale of banned medicinal preparations, dispensing some items without a medical prescription and without any emergency, and astute concealment of the prescribing records from investigation.

Key legal question

Whether the three-month suspension from the pharmacy profession was justified.

Extracted holding

Yes. The seriousness of the professional breaches warranted suspension from the profession for three months.

Extracted reasoning

Given the repeated nature of the violations and the attempt to obstruct inquiry, the disciplinary measure was proportionate and supported by the regulatory rules governing pharmacists.

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