Medicines Act
(Chapter 176, Sections 36(1) and 74)
Medicines (Registration of Pharmacies) Regulations
Rg 4
G.N. No. S 15/1981

REVISED EDITION 2000
(31st January 2000)
[16th January 1981]
Citation
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Medicines (Registration of Pharmacies) Regulations.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“certificate” means a certificate of registration of a pharmacy granted under regulation 3(2);
“pharmacy” means any premises in which a retail pharmacy business is carried on;
“register” means the register of pharmacies referred to in regulation 6(1).
Application for registration
3.—(1)  An application for the registration of a pharmacy under section 37 of the Act shall be made in such form as the licensing authority may require together with payment of a fee of $80.
(2)  On payment of a fee of $100 per year or part thereof, up to a maximum of $540 for 3 years, a certificate of registration of the pharmacy may be granted on such conditions as the licensing authority may impose.
(3)  A fee of $30 shall be payable for each subsequent amendment to the certificate.
(4)  The certificate shall be conspicuously exhibited on the premises at which the business is carried on.
Pharmacy to be controlled and managed by pharmacist
4.  A pharmacy shall be under the control and management of a pharmacist who is not acting in a similar capacity for any other pharmacy or corporation.
Multiple certificates
5.  Where a person, firm or corporation has more than one pharmacy, each pharmacy shall have its own certificate.
Register of pharmacies
6.—(1)  The licensing authority shall maintain a register of pharmacies in such form as he thinks fit.
(2)  The licensing authority shall, as soon as practicable after the beginning of each year, publish a list of registered pharmacies in the Gazette.
(3)  The list shall set out the particulars specified in that form with such variations as the licensing authority thinks fit.
Validity of certificate of registration
7.—(1)  Any certificate granted by the licensing authority under regulation 3(2) shall, unless suspended or cancelled, be valid until the certificate expires.
(2)  An application for the retention of the name of the pharmacy in the register for the subsequent year shall be in such form as the licensing authority may require.
(3)  The fee payable for the retention of the name of the pharmacy in the register shall be $150 per year or part thereof up to a maximum of $450 for 3 years.
(4)  Where an application is made under paragraph (2), the licensing authority may, in his discretion, retain the name of the pharmacy in the register.
Restoration to register
8.—(1)  The owner of a pharmacy whose name has been removed from the register under section 38(2) or 41 of the Act or whose registration has become void under section 38(3) of the Act may apply for the restoration of the name of the pharmacy to the register.
(2)  The application shall be in such form as the licensing authority may require.
(3)  Subject to section 37(3) of the Act, the licensing authority shall restore the name of the pharmacy to the register.
No refund of fees
9.  No refund shall be made in respect of any fee paid under these Regulations.
Penalty
10.  Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with regulation 4 or 5 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.