A $4000 fine and reprimand are the price paid by a WA doctor who wrote prescriptions for himself and his partner.
Dr Kenneth Charles Lee admitted to professional misconduct at a State Administrative Tribunal hearing in relation to his self treatment with S4 medications including eformoterol, pramipexole, clonidine, colchicine, liothyronine and testosterone
He also wrote prescriptions for medications such as desvenlafaxine, mirtazapine, meloxicam and danazol in the name of his partner for his personal use between 2015 and 2017.
The tribunal found that Dr Lee had prescribed various S4 medicines for his partner, including selegiline, amoxycillin, telmisartan, cephalexin, nifedipine and raloxifene.
There was no suggestion that the medications prescribed were inappropriate or in excessive quantities. However, the tribunal found that Dr Lee had breached the Medical Board of Australia’s Good medical practice code of conduct on self treatment.
The breaches included: