discipline summaries
to the pharmacy, Dr. Reid withdrew money from
an automated teller machine to pay for the medication, and paid for the medication for Patient
A;
(c) On one occasion in September 2012 when
Patient A stated that he was homeless, Dr. Reid
drove Patient A to a city and took him to a place
to stay;
(d) O
n one occasion in May 2012, Dr. Reid attended a meeting of a religious men’s club held
during the evening with Patient A and then
drove him home.
Violation of Interim Order
On January 7, 2014, the Inquiries, Complaints and
Reports Committee made an interim order against
Dr. Reid pending disposition of the allegations against
him. The Interim Order, among other things, prohibited Dr. Reid from issuing new prescriptions or renewing existing prescriptions for narcotic drugs, narcotic
preparations, controlled drugs, and benzodiazepines/
other targeted substances, or all other monitored
drugs. It came into effect at 12:01 a.m. on January 9,
2014. Dr. Reid violated the Interim Order by way of
two prescriptions dated January 9, 2014 which were
faxed to pharmacies on the morning of January 9,
2014.
Penalty and Reasons for Penalty
The joint submission included the successful completion of the Safe Opioid Prescribing program and the
course on “Understanding Boundaries in Managing
the Risks Inherent in the Doctor-Patient Relationship.” It also included restrictions on prescribing any
narcotics or restricted substances until he has provided
the College with an executed undertaking from an
approved clinical supervisor, upon which he may issue
prescriptions under very structured guidelines as further specified in the Order, an assessment by a College
appointed assessor 12 months after the conclusion
of the remediation program, cooperating with unannounced inspections of his practice and patient charts,
and costs of a one-day hearing.
The Committee noted that although the prescribing
pattern continued over a prolonged time period, it occurred with only one patient.
Aggravating factors in this case include the fact that
the conduct took place over a long period of time, and
that the conduct continued even after pharmacists had
ex