Hearing 4606 for Vasovski, Michael

Summary of Allegations

As a result of a referral by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee, it is alleged that Michael Vasovski, while engaged in the practice of pharmacy as director, shareholder, owner and/or dispensing pharmacist at Aegis Pharmacy located in Windsor, Ontario and while engaged in the practice of pharmacy as director, shareholder, owner, dispensing pharmacist and/or Designated Manager at McGregor Medical Pharmacy located in McGregor, Ontario, committed professional misconduct in that, in or about 2022-2024, he:

• participated in (or permitted, consented to, or approved, expressly or by implication, participation in) the shipment or transport of medications in a manner that had the potential to break the cold chain and/or compromise the safety and/or the efficacy of the medications;
• failed to maintain complete and/or accurate patient records;
• sold by retail and/or dispensed (or permitted, consented to or approved, expressly or impliedly, the dispensing of) prescription drugs to patients in the United States without a lawful and/or otherwise valid prescription;
• sold by retail and/or dispensed (or permitted, consented to or approved, expressly or impliedly, the dispensing of) prescription drugs to patients in the United States without a lawful and/or otherwise valid prescription and/or without taking and/or documenting reasonable steps to confirm whether an established physician-patient relationship existed between the prescribers and the patients.

In particular, it is alleged that he:

• failed to maintain the standards of practice of the profession;
• failed to keep records as required respecting his patients and/or practice;
• contravened the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H-4, as amended, and in particular, sections 155 and 156(1)(a);
• contravened a federal or provincial law or municipal by-law with respect to the distribution, sale or dispensing of any drug or mixture of drugs, and in particular, sections C.01.041 and/or C.01.042 of the Food and Drug Regulations, C.R.C., c. 870, as amended;
• engaged in conduct or performed an act or acts relevant to the practice of pharmacy that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members of the profession as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.