30 Mar 1988
KOO KWOK HO v. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
- Citation
- KOO KWOK HO v. THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV23/1988
The Council was entitled to find that the admitted facts — a nurse dispensing a restricted drug without proper prescription from an unlocked drawer under the clinic's arrangements — showed the doctor had fallen short of the standard expected of doctors in exercising effective personal supervision; an isolated incident can amount to misconduct where it demonstrates failure to meet professional standards and the measures (or lack thereof) were peculiarly within the doctor's knowledge, so the appeal must be dismissed.