(1) The Registrar must
keep the following registers:
(a) a
pharmacy student register;
(b) a
register of pharmacists;
(c) a
register of persons who have been removed from the pharmacy student register
or the register of pharmacists under this Act or any other Act or law or
former Act or law and who have not been reinstated to that register;
(d) a
register of pharmacies;
(e) a
register of pharmacy depots.
(2) The
pharmacy student register or the register of pharmacists must include, in
relation to each person on the register—
(a) the
person's full name and nominated contact address; and
(b) the
qualifications for registration held by the person; and
(c)
particulars of any condition of registration or limitation that affects or
restricts the person's right to provide pharmacy services; and
(d)
information prescribed by the regulations,
and may include other information as the Board thinks fit.
(3) A
registered person must, within 1 month after changing his or her name or
nominated contact address, inform the Registrar in writing of the change.
Maximum penalty: $250.
(4) The register
referred to in subsection (1)(c)—
(a) must
not include any person who is dead; and
(b) must
include, in relation to each person on the register, a statement of—
(i)
the register from which the person was removed; and
(ii)
the reason for removal of the person; and
(iii)
the date of removal; and
(iv)
if the removal was consequent on suspension—the
duration of the suspension; and
(v)
if the person has been disqualified from being registered
on a register—the duration of the disqualification; and
(c) must
have deleted from it all information relating to any person who has been
reinstated on the register from which the person was removed.
(5) The
register of pharmacies must include, in relation to each premises on the
register—
(a) the
address of the premises; and
(b) the
full name and nominated contact address of the person who carries on a
pharmacy business at the premises; and
(c)
information prescribed by the regulations,
and may include such other information as the Board thinks fit.
(6) The register of
pharmacy depots must include, in relation to each premises on the
register—
(a) the
address of the premises; and
(b)
information prescribed by the regulations,
and may include such other information as the Board thinks fit.
(7) A person must,
within 1 month after ceasing to carry on a pharmacy business at a pharmacy,
inform the Registrar in writing of that fact.
Maximum penalty: $250.
(8) The Registrar is
responsible to the Board for the form and maintenance of the registers.
(9) The Registrar must
correct an entry in a register that is not, or has ceased to be, correct.
(10) The registers
must be kept available for inspection by any person during ordinary office
hours at the office of the Registrar and the registers or extracts of the
registers may be made available to the public by electronic means.
(11) A person may, on
payment of the prescribed fee, obtain a copy of any part of a register kept
under this Act.
(12) A certificate
stating that a person was, or was not, registered on a particular register
under this Act at a particular date or during a particular period and
purporting to be signed by the Registrar will, in the absence of proof to the
contrary, be accepted in legal proceedings as proof of the registration, or of
the fact that the person was not so registered, on the date or during the
period stated in the certificate.