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Pharmacist suspended for dirty texting
25 June 2010
A pharmacist‘s registration has been suspended for six months after he was found guilty of professional misconduct for predatory behaviour towards three women, NZPA reports.
The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, which released the decision today, found the man contacted the women inappropriately and sent them unwanted texts.
The pharmacist, whose name and location have been suppressed, has been working for nearly 40 years.
Two of the women involved had sought the emergency contraceptive pill from him at his pharmacy. At the time of dispensing, he asked for their mobile phone numbers and subsequently texted one to ask if she had a regular partner or if it had been a one night stand.
The other female customer worked in a hair salon next door to the pharmacy. She also received unwanted texts from the man and saw him winking at her.
The third woman involved also worked in the salon and received offers of a massage from the pharmacist.
Both salon workers transferred to a different workplace because of the man’s behaviour, NZPA reports.
In addition to being suspended, the pharmacist was ordered to undergo counseling at his own expense, pay $15,000 in fines and ordered not to personally dispense the emergency contraceptive pill for three years after his suspension period.
Other pharmacists in the area are demanding the name suppression be lifted as it is leading to speculations involving the innocent.
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