Hearing 4588 for Sahota, Jaspreet

Summary of Allegations

As a result of a referral by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee, it is alleged that Jaspreet Sahota, between in or about October 2021 and in or about December 2024, while engaged in the practice of pharmacy as owner, director, shareholder, Designated Manager, and/or pharmacist at Fort William Medical Pharmacy in Thunder Bay, Ontario committed professional misconduct in that he:

• Provided (or permitted, consented to, or approved, expressly or by implication, the provision of) remote access to the Pharmacy’s records and/or computer systems to unregulated staff and/or persons in a manner that did not maintain patient privacy and/or allow for supervision; 
• Provided (or permitted, consented to, or approved, expressly or by implication, the provision of) his login credentials and/or the login credentials of other pharmacists for the Pharmacy’s computer systems to unregulated staff and/or persons; 
• Instructed (or permitted, consented to, or approved, expressly or by implication) unregulated staff and/or persons to falsify records, submit false and/or misleading claims, and/or process prescriptions as dispensed and/or clinically verified with his login credentials and/or the login credentials of other pharmacists; and/or
• Failed to exercise appropriate oversight of the Pharmacy.   

In particular, it is alleged that he:

• Failed to maintain a standard of practice of the profession;
• Failed to keep records as required respecting his patients and/or practice;
• Falsified a record relating to his practice and/or a person’s health record;
• Signed and/or issued, in his professional capacity, a document that he knew or ought to have known contained a false and/or misleading statement;
• Submitted an account and/or charge for services and/or products that he knew or ought to have known was false and/or misleading;
• Contravened (or permitted, consented to, or approved, expressly or by implication, the contravention of):
  • sections 155, 156, 163, and/or 166 of the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act; and/or
  • sections 18, 19 and/or 20 of Ontario Regulation 264/16;
• Permitted, consented to, approved, counselled, and/or assisted, whether expressly or by implication, the commission of an offence against any Act relating to the practice of pharmacy or the sale of drugs, including:
  • sections 155, 156, 163, 165, and/or 166 of the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act; and/or
  • sections 18, 19 and/or 20 of Ontario Regulation 264/16;
• Engaged in conduct or performed an act relevant to the practice of pharmacy that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable and/or unprofessional.