Public Notifications

(known to use the following aliases: Alejandro Farris, Alejandro Fernandez, Jensen Farris, Alistair Farris, J. Alistair Lail)

On June 26, 2013, a Panel of the Discipline Committee, pursuant to s. 39(1)(c) of the Health Professions Act, found Ali Asghar Laal of Victoria, British Columbia, Registration No. 08811 (the "Registrant") guilty of professional misconduct for:

• Having inappropriate personal relationships with two patients, one of which included having sexual relations with the patient; and
• Keeping a loaded handgun hidden within the licensed pharmacy of which he was the owner and pharmacy manager.

The Panel also found, pursuant to s. 39(1)(a) of the Health Professions Act, that the Registrant had not complied with the Bylaws to the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act by maintaining outdated pharmaceutical products in the licensed pharmacy of which he was the owner and pharmacy manager, and keeping the outdated products as part of the active pharmacy inventory; and failing to notify the College that the licensed pharmacy of which he was the owner and pharmacy manager had been renovated.

• Hearing Decision
• Penalty Decision 

(July 9, 2013 – Registration reinstated)

The Inquiry Committee, pursuant to Section 36 of the Health Professions Act, has reached an agreement with pharmacist registrant to suspend his registration as a pharmacist for an indefinite period pending further disposition by the Inquiry Committee. 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.

On January 11, 2013, a Panel of the Discipline Committee, pursuant to s. 39.1(1) and (2) of the Health Professions Act, found Lakhvir Singh Dhinsa of Surrey, British Columbia, Registration No. 10961 (the "Registrant") guilty of professional misconduct for actions committed in Great Britain, resulting in a cancellation of his license in that jurisdiction. The Panel issued an order, pursuant to section 39(2) of the Health Professions Act, to immediately cancel the Registrant's registration.

• Penalty Decision

On October 11, 2012, a Panel of the Discipline Committee, pursuant to s. 39.1(1) and (2) of the Health Professions Act, has decided to take no further action with regards to the pharmacist registrant. The Discipline Panel further directed the Registrar to withhold all of the information otherwise required to be included in the public notification, pursuant to s. 39.3(4) of the Health Professions Act, as the Discipline Panel was satisfied that the privacy interests of the pharmacist registrant outweigh the public interest in public notification of the information.