Health Care Complaints Commission v Kaur [2020] NSWCATOD 83

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Kaur [2020] NSWCATOD 83 Hearing dates: 13 and 14 July 2020 Date of orders: 29 July 2020 Decision date: 29 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: The Hon F Marks, Principal Member H Dowling, Senior Member D Preswick, Senior Member Dr C Berglund, General Member Decision: Consequent upon the finding that the respondent is guilty of professional misconduct we make the following orders: (1) the registration of the respondent as a pharmacist is cancelled (2) the respondent is precluded from making any application for review of the cancellation of the registration for a period of 18 months from this date (3) the respondent is to pay the costs of the applicant assessed in default of agreement (4) we ask the Registrar to notify the Pharmacy Council of NSW and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency that we have made orders (1) and (2) above. Catchwords: PROFESSIONS AND TRADES – pharmacist – pharmacist engaged in course of conduct purporting to complete Home Medication Reviews when not accredited to do so and falsifying the name of the accredited reviewing pharmacist – held constituted professional misconduct – registration cancelled – costs order made Legislation Cited: Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) ss 139B, 139E, 149C Cases Cited: Health Care Complaints Commission v Do [2014] NSWCA 307 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Surinder Kaur (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I Chaterjee (Applicant)