Hearing 4556 for Hallan, Alamgir

Summary of Allegations

As a result of a referral by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee, it is alleged that Alamgir Hallan, while engaged in the practice of pharmacy as an owner, director, shareholder, 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.