Pharmacists Registration Act 2007

Pharmacists Registration
Act 2007

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Act to establish the Singapore Pharmacy Council, to provide for the registration of pharmacists and for matters connected therewith.

[1 September 2008]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1.  This Act is the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007.

Interpretation

2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appropriate register” means any of the registers mentioned in section 15(1), as appropriate;

“Board” means the Specialists Accreditation Board established under section 36;

“Chief Pharmacist” means the Chief Pharmacist of the Ministry of Health;

“Council” means the Singapore Pharmacy Council established under section 3;

“practice of pharmacy” means any of the acts or activities specified in the Schedule;

“practising certificate” means a practising certificate granted under section 23;

“president” means the president of the Council;

“registered pharmacist” means a person who is registered as a pharmacist under this Act;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Council;

“Singapore degree” means a degree or diploma in pharmacy conferred by —

(a) the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore;

(b) the University of Malaya, Singapore;

(c) the University of Singapore;

(d) the National University of Singapore; or

(e) any other tertiary institution in Singapore which the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe;

“unauthorised person” means —

(a) a person who is not a registered pharmacist; or

(b) a registered pharmacist who does not have a valid practising certificate,

and who has not been exempted under section 70 or 71.