We have an optical practice. An employee took it upon himself to alter the expiration date of a contact lens prescription to make it a current refillable prescription. The prescription was expired for 7 months per state law. We have a paper trail; this employee first emailed the patient the expired prescription and then altered the expiration date and emailed the altered prescription to the patient. The employee then went back into the patient's file and changed the date back to the expired date. We found out about this because the patient called to reorder more contact lenses.
Another employee told the patient we could not fill it due to the prescription being expired. The patient then said he had a copy that states the prescription is current and fillable, which he did. Would this be two different issues? One for insubordination altering a document without the consent of the doctor and a second legal issue for falsifying a prescription as written by the prescribing doctor.
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Another employee told the patient we could not fill it due to the prescription being expired. The patient then said he had a copy that states the prescription is current and fillable, which he did. Would this be two different issues? One for insubordination altering a document without the consent of the doctor and a second legal issue for falsifying a prescription as written by the prescribing doctor.
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Serious Incident Affecting Institutional Credibility
The incident is serious, affecting the credibility of the institution. He had no authority to change the expired prescription to a current and fillable one unless ordered so by the doctor concerned. This amounts to dishonesty and fraud. It will also amount to insubordination if it is in violation of any express orders.
Considerations Before Taking Action
Before taking action, please ensure that there is no practice of altering the prescription date prevalent in your establishment. If this is an isolated incident, then you should take strict action to maintain ethical standards and serve as a lesson to others.
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1593The incident is serious, affecting the credibility of the institution. He had no authority to change the expired prescription to a current and fillable one unless ordered so by the doctor concerned. This amounts to dishonesty and fraud. It will also amount to insubordination if it is in violation of any express orders.
Considerations Before Taking Action
Before taking action, please ensure that there is no practice of altering the prescription date prevalent in your establishment. If this is an isolated incident, then you should take strict action to maintain ethical standards and serve as a lesson to others.
From India, Mumbai
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