Medicines (Registration of Pharmacies) Regulations

Medicines Act

(Chapter 176, Sections 36(1) and 74)

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 determine and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in the Schedule.

(2) The licensing authority may, upon receiving an application under paragraph (1), grant a certificate of registration subject to such conditions as the licensing authority thinks fit.

(3) An application to amend the certificate of registration shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee specified in the Schedule.

[S 680/2005 wef 01/11/2005]

Pharmacy to be controlled and managed by pharmacist

4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a pharmacy shall at all times be under the control and management of a pharmacist who is employed on a full time basis to control and manage that pharmacy.

(2) During the absence of the pharmacist referred to in paragraph (1), the sale or supply of any medicine at the pharmacy may, subject to the approval of the licensing authority, be authorised by another pharmacist; and the authorisation may be given in person or by any other means approved by the licensing authority.

(3) The pharmacist referred to in paragraph (1) shall maintain such records and in such manner as the licensing authority may, from time to time, require.

[S 661/2003 wef 01/01/2004]

[S 54/2001 wef 05/02/2001]

Multiple certificates

5. Where a person, firm or corporation has more than one pharmacy, each pharmacy shall have its own certificate.

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 specified in the Schedule.

(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.

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