Pharmacists Registration Bill

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Establishment and incorporation of Singapore Pharmacy Council

4 Constitution of Council

5 Functions of Council

6 President of Council

7 Disqualifications from membership of Council

8 Filling of vacancies

9 Meetings and quorum of Council

10 Appointment of executive secretary and other employees

11 Appointment of committees

12 Disclosure of interest

14 Registrar of Council

16 Full registration

17 Conditional registration

18 Registration of specialists

19 Temporary registration

20 Evidence of qualification and entry of additional qualifications

21 Application for registration

22 Certificate of registration

23 Practising certificate

24 Amendment of appropriate register

25 Removal of name from appropriate register

26 Restoration of names removed under section 24 or 25

27 Certificate of Registrar as evidence

28 Unauthorised person acting as pharmacist

29 Liability of employer, etc., for practice of pharmacy in contravention of section 28

30 Liability of registered pharmacist for allowing another to act in contravention of section 28, etc.

31 Suspended persons not to practise pharmacy during period of suspension

32 False assumption of title of specialist

33 Fraudulent registration, etc.

34 Pharmacist to use only qualifications entered in register and approved title, etc.

36 Establishment of Specialists Accreditation Board

37 Functions of Specialists Accreditation Board

38 Appointment of Complaints Panel

39 Complaints against registered pharmacists

40 Inquiry by Complaints Committee

41 Findings of Complaints Committee

42 Disciplinary Committee

43 Proceedings of Disciplinary Committee

44 Reference and transfer of cases to Health Committee

45 Findings of Disciplinary Committee

46 Orders of Disciplinary Committee

47 Appeal against order by Disciplinary Committee

48 Restoration of names to appropriate register

51 Unfitness to practise through illness, etc.

52 Restoration of names removed on recommendation of Health Committee

53 Interim Orders Committee

55 Review of interim orders

56 Interim Orders Committee may revoke, vary or replace interim order

58 Application to High Court

59 Duration of interim orders

60 Person suspended under interim suspension order not regarded as registered

61 Council may appoint legal counsel

62 Recovery of penalties and costs

63 Application of funds of Council

64 Fees payable to members of Council and members of committees

66 Assessors to Council

67 Protection against liability

68 Jurisdiction of court

69 Composition of offences

70 Exemption in respect of pharmacy training

71 General exemption

72 Service of documents

73 Amendment of First Schedule

76 Consequential amendments to other written laws

77 Savings and transitional provisions

Pharmacists Registration Bill

Bill No. 36/2007

Read the first time on 27th August 2007.

An Act to repeal and re-enact with amendments the Pharmacists Registration Act (Chapter 230 of the 1985 Revised Edition), to establish the Singapore Pharmacy Council, to provide for the registration of pharmacists and for matters connected therewith, and to make consequential amendments to certain other written laws.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

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 First 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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