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

Regulations

Regulations relating to the Registration of Persons and the Maintenance of Registers

Chapter V

 

23. Requirements and conditions for registration as a specialist pharmacist

 

A pharmacist who applies for registration as a specialist pharmacist must—

(1) submit to the registrar:
(a) a duly completed application on a form approved and provided by council;
(b) a certified copy of his or her identity document or passport;
(c) acceptable documentary evidence that he or she has obtained a speciality or has complied with the requirements for registration in terms of the Act; and
(2) submit acceptable documentary evidence to the registrar that he or she has satisfied all the requirements as published in regulations made in terms of the Act;

[Regulation 23(2) substituted by section 16 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]

(3) give notice to the registrar of the speciality in which he or she intends to practise; and
(4) pay the registration fee as determined by the council.

 

24. A pharmacist who complies with the requirements of regulation 23 and applicable regulations relating to specialities must be registered as a specialist pharmacist and be issued with a registration certificate by the registrar, indicating his or her speciality.

[Regulation 24 substituted by section 17 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]

 

25. Removal from the register

 

(1) Except as provided for in terms of sections 23, 24 and 39 of the Act, the registrar may remove from the register of specialist pharmacists the name of a specialist pharmacist who—
(a) no longer complies with the requirements and conditions for registration as a specialist pharmacist; or
(b) who is deceased.

 

(2) A person in respect of whose entry a removal as contemplated in subregulation (1)(a) has been made, must be notified thereof and any certificate issued in respect of the registration in question shall be deemed to be cancelled as from the date on which notice has so been given.

 

26. Restoration to the register

 

A specialist pharmacist whose name was removed from the register of specialist pharmacists in terms of regulation 25 may, if applicable, have his or her name restored to the register by—

(1) submitting to the registrar:
(a) a duly completed application for restoration of his or her name to the register of specialist pharmacists on a form as approved and provided by the council; and
(b) acceptable documentary evidence that he or she complies with the conditions under which he or she may be registered as a specialist pharmacist; and
(2) paying the prescribed restoration fee; and

if the registrar is satisfied that he or she is a fit and proper person to be restored to the relevant register. If the registrar is not satisfied that he or she is a fit and proper person to be restored to the relevant register, the registrar must submit the application concerned to council for a decision.

 

27. Practising more than one speciality

 

A pharmacist may register more than one speciality: provided that he or she may only practise in one speciality.