Public Notifications

(April 22, 2016 - Limits and Conditions Updated)

The Inquiry Committee has reinstated pharmacist registrant’s registration which had previously been suspended for an indefinite period on February 12, 2016. Pursuant to Section 36 of the Health Professions Act, the Inquiry Committee has reached an agreement with pharmacist registrant in which the Registrant was asked to consent to certain undertakings with limits and conditions:

• Return to work on a part-time basis;
• Remain on medications as prescribed by healthcare professionals and medical providers; and
• Not take any courses or studies for the current semester that may cause added stress.

This agreement remains in effect until March 16, 2021. The Inquiry Committee considers the agreement necessary to protect the public. The pharmacist registrant's name has been withheld pursuant to 39.3(4) of the Health Professions Act.

The Inquiry Committee, pursuant to section 36 of the Health Professions Act, has reached an agreement with the pharmacist registrant to voluntarily suspend the registration as a pharmacist effective February 27, 2016. The agreement remains in effect until further notice. The Inquiry Committee considers the agreement necessary to protect the public. The pharmacist registrant's name has been withheld pursuant to section 39.3(4) of the Health Professions Act.

Pharmacist registrant has satisfied the terms of an agreement reached with the Inquiry Committee dated December 7, 2010.  Limits and conditions on pharmacist registrant’s registration as a pharmacist have now been removed.  The pharmacist registrant's name has been withheld pursuant to 39.3(4) of the Health Professions Act. 

(May 25, 2016 - Limits and Conditions removed)

The Inquiry Committee, pursuant to s. 35(1)(a) of the Health Professions Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 183, for the purposes of public protection, has imposed the following limits and conditions on the practice of registrant Amarjit Kaur Singh, pending completion of an investigation:

1. Upon receiving notice of this order, Ms. Singh will make arrangements to meet with the Deputy Registrar to thoroughly discuss the roles and responsibilities of a pharmacy manager, director, and owner.

2. If Ms. Singh accepts an appointment to be a pharmacy manager, director, and owner anywhere other than Downtown Pharmacy, she must give written notification to the College and meet with the Deputy Registrar within two weeks of such appointment.

The limits and conditions imposed by the Inquiry Committee on September 9, 2015 have now been lifted and replaced with the above limits and conditions.

The registrant was the pharmacy manager and director of Downtown Pharmacy, and did not fulfill the responsibilities of a pharmacy manager and director to operate a pharmacy that met legislative and practice standards. She allowed the pharmacy premises, where medications are prepared and dispensed, to become an unsafe and unhygienic environment, causing harm or potential harm to the public.