Pursuant to section 36 of the Health Professions Act, the Inquiry Committee has reached a Consent Agreement with Mr. Yee Kwok Henry Tung, effective September 9, 2015. This was the result of an investigation of Mr. Tung, pharmacy manager, in which he did not properly witness a Patient ingest the methadone in accordance with expected professional practice standards and policies. The investigation also identified Mr. Tung’s non-compliance with other professional practice standards and guidelines as they pertained to dispensing methadone and potentially placed patients at risk of harm.
The Inquiry Committee considered this to be a serious matter under the Health Professions Act, and as such is published pursuant to section 39.3 of the Act.
Mr. Tung understands the seriousness of his actions in this matter and he has agreed to the following:
- That he will no longer dispense methadone as part of patients’ methadone maintenance treatment program.
- That if at any time in the future he wishes to dispense methadone as part of methadone maintenance treatment program, he must receive approval from the College after meeting very specific requirements to dispense methadone.
- That he will review relevant legislative framework documents that include Health Professions Act, (“HPA”), Bylaws, Schedule F, Part 1, Community Pharmacy Standards of Practice, in its entirety; and Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, Bylaws, section 21 – Data Collection, Transmission of and Access to PharmaNet Data; and submit a Declaration of Understanding to the Complaints Resolution Officer that confirms his understanding and future compliance.