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.