Hearing 4363 for Johar, Gagandeep

Summary of Allegations

As a result of a referral by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee, it is alleged that Gagandeep Johar, while employed as a Designated Manager and/or as a dispensing pharmacist at Shoppers Drug Mart in Forest Glen Shopping Centre, 700 Strasburg Rd, in Kitchener, Ontario (the “Pharmacy”) committed professional misconduct in that:

• from on or about September 8, 2023, to December 4, 2023, he routinely billed (or permitted, consented to, or approved, expressly or by implication, the billing of) excessive dispensing fees at weekly intervals for compliance aid medications for patients, when they were in fact dispensed at bi-weekly or monthly intervals; and/or;

• from on or about September 8, 2023 to December 4, 2023, he created (or permitted, consented to, or approved, expressly or by implication, the creation of) false and/or misleading records indicating that compliance aid medications dispensed to patients were dispensed at weekly intervals, when they were in fact dispensed at bi-weekly or monthly intervals.

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 or practice;
• falsified (or permitted, consented to, or approved, expressly or by implication, the falsification of) a record related to his practice or a person’s health record;
• submitted (or permitted, consented to, or approved, expressly or by implication, the submission of) an account or charge for services or products that he knew or ought to have known was false or misleading;
• charged a fee or amount that was excessive in relation to the service or product provided;
• 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 or unprofessional.