The Justice has admitted for processing a criminal complaint filed by the Official College of Podiatrists of the Canary Islands for professional intrusion against a woman who had been practicing in several pharmacies in Tenerife for 18 years, without prejudice to the fact that indications of other types of crimes may be derived. As reported this Friday by the College of Podiatrists of the Canary Islands in a statement, complaints have also been filed against six other people linked to four pharmacies in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Los Silos, Icod de los Vinos and San Cristóbal de la Laguna.
The College of Podiatrists has had up to four detectives and has provided numerous evidence in the case of the complaint already admitted for processing, with eight video recordings, five audio recordings, four reports, two burofaxes and a certificate, he adds.
From the set of reports, recordings and videos, the “existing agreement between the defendants to carry out the activity of podiatry outside the law, offering services by non-professionals, having professional consultations and tools, and highlighting a close collaboration that includes the issuance of invoices, cash refunds and referral of patients to other pharmacies”.
The “false podiatrist” consulted at least in these four pharmacies and, according to the documentary evidence presented, the one in Santa Cruz was the main one and where orthopedic products were also made.
The College of Podiatrists had received complaints since 2018 for this activity, but the process of collecting evidence “has been expensive” and until the end of 2021 the complaint was not filed with all the evidence.
In this regard, it details in the letter that in 2018 and after verifying that this person was not registered in the Canary Islands, he was required by means of two burofaxes to prove that he held the mandatory official qualification in Spain to be able to practice the profession of podiatry.
The defendant informed the Association that she had a German title “which she understood enabled her to practice podiatry” and the collegiate body informed her that the aforementioned title was not valid in Spain without its corresponding homologation, and she was warned of that claiming the status of podiatrist and practicing this profession without the corresponding title could constitute a crime of professional intrusion.
Apparently the woman continued to advertise herself as a podiatrist and to practice in various pharmacies on the island of Tenerife, for which the Official College of Podiatrists decided to hire a detective company to verify that the complaints she was receiving and between December 2020 and March 2021, up to four detectives showed up at the different pharmacies, where they were treated by the defendant, an orthopedist and pharmacy staff.
The College of Podiatrists of the Canary Islands indicates that a British woman was recently sentenced to six months in prison for professional intrusion. She worked as a podiatrist in Lanzarote without a title or license and who had been carrying out fungal and wart treatments on her feet since 2018, which she advertised on various pages. In Internet.
