B.C. pharmacist fined, suspended for ‘significant’ misconduct [Video]

A Vancouver pharmacist has been suspended six months, ordered to pay a $20,000 fine and directed to take remedial courses after admitting to misconduct in a consent order agreement with his professional college.

Geoffrey Kyle Soo Chan was the “indirect owner and manager” of Pharmachoice Main, a pharmacy on Main Street in Vancouver, according to the agreement, which took effect Dec. 3 and was published on the College of Pharmacists of B.C. website this week. 

The agreement indicates that between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, 2021, Chan “processed approximately 1,646 transactions involving 28,404 doses of naloxone nasal spray, using the personal health information and PharmaNet records of 301 patients who resided in various communities across B.C.”

Despite the large number of transactions and patients, however, Chan dispensed all of the naloxone doses to the same person, who – in each case – “purported to act in the capacity of patient representative” for the patient in question.

According to the document, Chan …