Regina / 980 CJME
Feb 3, 2021 3:19 PM
A Saskatoon pharmacist has been suspended by his peers for professional misconduct and professional incompetence after he skirted rules and regulations to give himself more than 5,800 sleeping pills over the course of nearly three years.
Dr. Gregory Lazurko, 34, had his licence suspended for 30 days and is ordered to pay more than $22,000 in fines and costs after a discipline committee found Lazurko guilty of five charges, including prescribing and administering drugs to himself.
Lazurko, a licensed pharmacist at Werezak’s Pharmacy Ltd. in Saskatoon, was sentenced by the Saskatchewan College of Pharmacy Professionals during a virtual hearing on Oct. 14.