The appellant pharmacist appealed a penalty decision of the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Pharmacists.
The appellant admitted to professional misconduct involving false claims to the Ontario Drug Benefit Program.
The Discipline Committee imposed a penalty that included a three-year prohibition on the appellant having any proprietary interest in a pharmacy or acting as a director of a corporation that owned a pharmacy.
The appellant argued the Committee lacked authority to impose these conditions under the Health Professions Procedural Code and the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act.
The Divisional Court dismissed the appeal, finding the Committee's interpretation of its broad remedial authority under s. 51(2)3 of the Code to protect the public interest was reasonable.
