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Douglas Charles Leslie Smith

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Practitioner name: Douglas Charles Leslie Smith
Name as recorded: Douglas Charles Leslie Smith
Profession: Pharmacist
Decision date: 2010-12-08
Offence category: Fraud (false Medicare claims)
Offence: He submitted false claims to Medicare Australia. In 2008 he was convicted in the District Court in Sydney of obtaining a financial advantage by deception. Convicted (2008, District Court, Sydney) of obtaining a financial advantage by deception.
Outcome: Severely reprimanded and suspended for six months; afterwards, pharmaceutical benefits claims from any pharmacy he has a financial interest in to be inspected by an approved pharmacist for one year. The Pharmacy Tribunal of NSW (HCCC prosecution) found professional misconduct but let him return after six months.
Outcome type: Suspended
Outcome length: 6 months
Category: Not recorded
Tribunal: Pharmacy Tribunal of NSW
Case name: Douglas Charles Leslie Smith – reprimanded and suspended for six months by Pharmacy Tribunal
Citation: Not recorded
Tribunal decision date: 2010-12-08
State: NSW
Tribunal city: Not recorded
National board: Pharmacy Board of NSW (pre-National Law)
Registration status: Not recorded
Official outcome (tribunal/board): Not recorded
Source confidence: Not recorded
Notes: Permanently barred: No

Decision-makers

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