Pharmacists Registration (Exemption) Order 2018

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No. S 102

Pharmacists Registration Act

(CHAPTER 230)

Pharmacists Registration
(Exemption) Order 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 71 of the Pharmacists Registration Act, the Minister for Health, after consultation with the Singapore Pharmacy Council, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Pharmacists Registration (Exemption) Order 2018 and comes into operation on 28 February 2018.

Exemption

2.—(1) Section 28(1)(a) of the Act does not apply to a collaborative prescribing practitioner if —

(a)

the collaborative prescribing practitioner provides a collaborative prescribing service at an approved institution in accordance with regulation 56C of the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Regulations (Cap. 248, Rg 1); and

(b)

for the purpose, or in the course, of providing the collaborative prescribing service, the collaborative prescribing practitioner does any of the following in accordance with his or her collaborative practice agreement with the approved institution:

(i)	administers medication;
(ii)	initiates or modifies medication therapy;
(iii)	manages medication therapy.

[S 576/2018 wef 17/09/2018]

(2) In this paragraph, “approved institution”, “collaborative practice agreement” and “collaborative prescribing practitioner” have the same meanings as in regulation 56C(6) of the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Regulations.

Made on 8 February 2018.

CHAN HENG KEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 036:014\004-0000; AG/LEGIS/SL/230/2015/2 Vol. 1]

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