Hearing 4347 for Youssef, Haytham

Summary of Allegations

As a result of a referral by the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee, it is alleged that Haytham Youssef, while engaged in the practice of pharmacy as a dispensing pharmacist at Shoppers Drug Mart in Hamilton, Ontario, (“the Pharmacy”), committed professional misconduct in that he:

• Dispensed a Schedule I drug, namely Mounjaro, to himself purportedly authorized by Physician A where no such authorization was given;
• Falsified records of authorizations from Physician A on prescriptions for a Schedule I drug, namely Mounjaro dispensed to himself;
• Dispensed a Schedule I drug, namely Mounjaro, to himself in contravention of the College’s Policy on Treating Self and Family Members.

In particular, it is alleged that he:

• Failed to maintain a standard of practice of the profession;
• Practiced the profession while he was in a conflict of interest;
• Failed to keep records as required respecting his patients or practice;
• Falsified a record relating to his practice or a person’s health record;
• Signed or issued, in his professional capacity, a document that he knew or ought to have known was false or misleading;
• Contravened the Act, the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act, the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, the Narcotics Safety and Awareness Act, 2010, the Drug Interchangeability and Dispensing Fee Act or the Ontario Drug Benefit Act or the regulations under those Acts, and in particular: s. 155(1) of the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act, RSO 1990, c. H. 4;
• Contravened any federal, provincial, or territorial law or municipal by-law, with respect to the distribution, purchase, sale, or dispensing or prescribing of any drug or product, the administering of any substance, or the piercing of the dermis, whose purpose is to protect or promote public health, or that is otherwise relevant to the member’s suitability to practice, and in particular: C.01.041 of the Food and Drug Regulations (CRC c.870);
• Engaged in conduct or performed an act relevant to the practice of pharmacy that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.