Baxter voluntary admission: representative did not sit ABPI exam within first year (AUTH/2832/4/16)

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Case number	AUTH/2832/4/16
Company	Baxter
Case type	Voluntary admission (treated as a complaint under Paragraph 5.6 of the Constitution and Procedure)
Issue	Failure to sit the representatives’ examination within one year
Applicable Code year	2016
Breach clauses	Clause 16.3
Complaint received	4 April 2016
Case completed	27 April 2016
Appeal	No appeal
Sanctions	Undertaking received

Reviewed by Dr Anzal Qurbain (FFPM) — ABPI Final Signatory

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Baxter Healthcare made a voluntary admission that one of its representatives had not taken the required representatives’ examinations within one year of commencing their role.
A review of Baxter’s training database identified that the representative had not taken all modules within the first year.
The HR administrator knew exams were scheduled before the one-year anniversary but was not informed they had not been sat, so an extension was not requested in time.
The representative sat and failed elective modules within the first year, but booked then postponed (and therefore did not sit) the compulsory modules within that year.
The representative was scheduled to take the exams around 16–17 months after starting but resigned before taking them.
Under Paragraph 5.6 of the Constitution and Procedure, the Director treated the voluntary admission as a complaint.

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Breach ruled: Yes.
The Panel ruled Baxter in breach of Clause 16.3 because the representative did not take the appropriate examination within the first year of employment.
No appeal.

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