Pharmacists Registration Act |
(CHAPTER 230) |
(Original Enactment: Act 22 of 1979)
REVISED EDITION 1985 |
(30th March 1987) |
An Act to provide for the registration of pharmacists and for purposes connected therewith. |
[16th January 1981] |
Short title |
1. This Act may be cited as the Pharmacists Registration Act. |
Interpretation |
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
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Establishment and constitution of Pharmacy Board |
Meetings of Board |
4.—(1) The president of the Board shall be the chairman of all meetings of the Board at which he attends.
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Register of pharmacists |
5.—(1) For the purposes of this Act, a register of pharmacists shall be kept, in such form as may be prescribed, by the Chief Pharmacist of the Ministry of Health (referred to in this Act as the Registrar) who shall be responsible for the maintenance and custody of the register and shall perform such other duties in connection therewith as may be prescribed.
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Restriction on use of certain titles |
6.—(1) No person shall, unless his name is registered, take or use the name or title of pharmaceutical chemist or pharmaceutist or druggist or chemist and druggist or pharmacist or apothecary or any other word in another language having the same meaning or being to the like intent, or take or use in connection with the sale of goods by retail the name or title of dispensing chemist or any other name, title, emblem or description implying that his name or the name of any person employed by him is registered or that he or such other person is entitled to be registered.
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Persons entitled to registration |
7.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the following persons shall be entitled to have their names registered:
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Application for registration |
8.—(1) A person entitled to be registered may apply to the Registrar for registration.
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Entry of higher qualifications |
9.—(1) A person whose name is registered and who has obtained any qualification which is higher than the qualification in respect of which he has been registered shall, subject to subsection (2), be entitled to have that higher qualification inserted in the register in substitution for or in addition to the qualification previously registered, without payment of an additional fee.
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Notification of change of address |
10. Every registered pharmacist shall notify the Registrar of any change in his business address or home address. |
Retention of name in register |
11.—(1) A registered pharmacist who desires his name to be retained in the register in any year shall, before 30th November of the preceding year, make an application in the prescribed manner, and shall pay the prescribed fee, for such retention.
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Annual certificate |
12.—(1) Where a person’s name is —
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Removal of name from register |
13.—(1) The Registrar shall remove from the register the name and other particulars of a registered pharmacist who —
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Power of Board to strike name off register |
14.—(1) Subject to this section, the Board may direct that the name and other particulars of a registered pharmacist be removed from the register if —
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Reinstatement |
15. Where the name of a person has been removed from the register in pursuance of a direction under section 14(1), the Board may, on the application of that person, not less than 3 months from the date of the removal of his name from the register, direct that the name be restored to the register either without fee or on payment of such fee as is prescribed; and the Registrar shall give effect to the direction. |
Publication of register and presumptions |
16.—(1) The Registrar shall publish annually in the Gazette, as soon as practicable after 1st January of each year, a list containing the names, addresses, qualifications and dates of qualifications of all registered pharmacists.
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Alterations of particulars in register |
17. The Registrar shall from time to time insert in the register any alteration which may come to his knowledge in the address or other particulars of a registered pharmacist. |
Appeal against refusal to register or removal of name from register |
18.—(1) A person aggrieved by a refusal of the Board under section 8(5) or a direction given by the Board under section 14(1) may, within one month after the refusal or direction, as the case may be, has been communicated to him, appeal to the High Court.
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Fraudulent registration |
19. A person who, in an application for registration under this Act, makes or produces or causes to be made or produced any false or fraudulent representation, certificate or declaration, either verbally or in writing, and any person who knowingly aids or assists therein shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both. |
Application of fees received by Registrar |
20.—(1) The Registrar shall take and collect all fees payable under this Act or the rules made thereunder.
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Rules |
21. The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make rules for and in respect of all or any of the following matters:
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Transitional provisions |
22.—(1) Every person registered under the Pharmacists Registration Act [1970 Ed. Cap. 223], repealed by this Act, shall be deemed to be registered under this Act.
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