Dr. Faez Faruqi had admitted to issuing payments of US$3,000 to four separate donors—three of whom were his own staff members while the fourth was a friend of his.
Two years since Nova Scotia launched its recruitment program, pharmacists from the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Ireland have moved to the province.
The two colleges say they’ve been contacted by Health Canada over reports that some physicians and NPs are issuing broad directives to authorize RNs to administer injections of bioactive agents, in contravention of the Food and Drugs Act.
The federal government will reserve 5,000 federal admission spaces so that provinces and territories can nominate doctors, who are already licensed and who have job offers.
