Pharmacists Registration Act

(CHAPTER 230)

(Original Enactment: Act 48 of 2007)

REVISED EDITION 2008

(31st December 2008)

An Act to establish the Singapore Pharmacy Council, to provide for the registration of pharmacists and for matters connected therewith.

[1st September 2008]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Pharmacists Registration Act.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appropriate register” means any of the registers referred to in section 15(1), as appropriate;

“Board” means the Specialists Accreditation Board established under section 36;

“Chief Pharmacist” means the Chief Pharmacist of the Ministry of Health;

“Council” means the Singapore Pharmacy Council established under section 3;

“practice of pharmacy” means any of the acts or activities specified in the Schedule;

“practising certificate” means a practising certificate granted under section 23;

“President” means the President of the Council;

“registered pharmacist” means a person who is registered as a pharmacist under this Act;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Council;

“repealed Act” means the Pharmacists Registration Act (Cap. 230, 1985 Ed.) repealed by this Act;

“Singapore degree” means a degree or diploma in pharmacy conferred by —

(a)	the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore;
(b)	the University of Malaya, Singapore;
(c)	the University of Singapore;
(d)	the National University of Singapore; or
(e)	any other tertiary institution in Singapore which the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe;

“unauthorised person” means —

(a)	a person who is not a registered pharmacist; or
(b)	a registered pharmacist who does not have a valid practising certificate,

and who has not been exempted under section 70 or 71.

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