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Pharmacy Act, 1974 (Act No. 53 of 1974)

Regulations

Regulations relating to Continuing Professional Development, 2019

4. Designation on registers kept in terms of section 14

 

(1) A person may choose to be designated on the register applicable to the category in which he or she is registered, as either practising or non-practising.

 

(2) A person who fails to provide the council, on an annual basis, with a declaration as provided for in regulation 3(1) will be deemed to be practising.

 

(3) A pharmacist registered as a responsible pharmacist must be designated as practising.

 

(4) A person approved as a tutor in terms of the Regulations Relating to Pharmacy Education and Training must be designated as practising.

 

(5) A person who wishes to change his or her designation from practising to non-practising may only do so at the time of payment of the applicable annual fee.

 

(6) A person who wishes to change his or her designation from non-practising to practising may at any time, request the council that his or her designation be changed.

 

(7) A person referred to in subregulation (6), must, after such designation has been changed to practising, comply with the requirements of these Regulations on a pro rata basis for the year in which such change is made.

 

(8) A person who is restored to the register in terms of section 23(3) of the Act and the Regulations relating to the registration of persons and the maintenance of registers, must indicate whether he or she wishes to be designated on the register applicable to the category in which he or she is registered, as either practising or non-practising.

 

(9) The council must. on an annual basis, issue to each registered person, proof which indicates whether he or she is designated as practising or non-practising.