GP avoids suspension over bodybuilder scripts after ‘showing exceptional remorse’
Suspending him could discourage other doctors from gaining insight into their own misconduct, tribunal finds
A GP who prescribed performance-enhancing drugs to bodybuilders has escaped suspension after a tribunal found he had set an example for other doctors by taking “exceptional steps” to rehabilitate himself.
Based in Brisbane, the GP prescribed “performance-enhancing and mitigation medications related to bodybuilding” to nine patients between 2011 and 2018.
But he is free to keep practising after undergoing a self-funded program of education and agreeing to regular reviews of his practice.
In findings handed down last month, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal said there was no evidence patients had been harmed.
