In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"body corporate"

means any legal person registered in terms of any Act in operation in the Republic;

"council"

means the council referred to in section 2;

"Director-General"

means the Director-General: Health or his or her nominee;

"medicine"

means medicine as defined in section 1 of the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 1965;

"member"

means a member of the council;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Health;

"pharmaceutical technician"

means a person registered as such under this Act;

"pharmacist"

means a person registered as such under this Act;

"pharmacist intern"

means a person registered as such in terms of this Act;

"pharmacist"s assistant"

means a person registered as such under this Act;

"pharmacy"

means any place wherein or from which any service specially pertaining to the scope of practice of a pharmacist is provided;

"pharmacy practice"

means acts specially pertaining to the scope of practice of a pharmacist as prescribed in terms of section 35 of this Act;

"pharmacy student"

means a person registered as such in terms of this Act;

"pharmacy support personnel"

means the various categories of support personnel as prescribed and registered as such in terms of this Act;

"prescribe" or "prescribed"

means prescribe or prescribed by regulation;

"president" or "vice-president"

means the president or vice-president of the council and includes a person lawfully acting as president or vice-president of the council, as the case may be, and for the purpose of section 40(1), a member acting as chairman at an inquiry referred to in section 39;

"register"

when used as a noun, means a register kept in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and when used in relation to any class or a member of any class of persons in respect of which a register is kept, means the register kept for that class and when used as a verb, means to enter in such register; the words "registered", "registrable", "registration" and all other words formed with or derived from the word "register" having a corresponding meaning;

"registrar"

means the registrar of the council appointed in terms of section 4 of this Act or a person lawfully acting in that capacity;

"regulation"

means any regulation made under this Act;

"responsible pharmacist"

means a natural person who is a pharmacist and who shall be responsible to the council for complying with all the provisions of this Act and other legislation applicable to services which specially pertain to the scope of practice of a pharmacist, and the legislation applicable to the pharmacy which is under his or her personal supervision;

"scheduled substance"

means a scheduled substance as referred to in the Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act 101 of 1965);

"this Act"

includes any proclamation, regulation, rule or order made under this Act;

"unprofessional conduct"

means improper, disgraceful or dishonourable or unworthy conduct or conduct which, when regard is had to the profession of a person who is registered in terms of this Act, is improper or disgraceful or dishonourable or unworthy;