Pharmacists Registration
Act 2007
2020 REVISED EDITION
This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021
An Act to establish the Singapore Pharmacy Council, to provide for the registration of pharmacists and for matters connected therewith.
[1 September 2008]
PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Short title
1.  This Act is the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007.
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“appropriate register” means any of the registers mentioned 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;
“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.