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

Regulations

Regulations relating to Pharmacy Education and Training

Chapter III : Approval of tutors and premises for purposes of education and training

36 - 40. Approval of premises

 

36. Upon receipt of the application and the fee referred to in regulation 35, the registrar must within 14 days appoint an inspector to inspect the pharmacy or the provider: Provided that an inspector appointed must—
(1) be a pharmacist conversant with the practice of pharmacy;
(2) have been registered as a pharmacist for a period of not less than three years;
(3) not have a direct or indirect beneficial interest in the pharmacy or provider to be inspected; and
(4) in the case of an inspector appointed to inspect a provider be in possession of at least a master’s degree in a pharmaceutical field of study.

 

37. Such an inspector, must within 14 days of the receipt of the registrar’s request, satisfy him- or herself by a physical inspection of such pharmacy or provider that it conforms to the minimum criteria determined by council for the training of pharmacist interns and pharmacists’ assistants and must, within seven days submit to the registrar a written report on a form as approved and provided by council.

 

38. The responsible pharmacist or the pharmacist who applied for approval to act as tutor must co-operate fully with the inspector appointed by council and must assist him or her as may be necessary for him or her to carry out his or her inspection.

 

39. A pharmacy or provider may be inspected whenever an application is made for an internship or inservice training to be undertaken at such pharmacy or provider.

 

40. An inspector appointed by council must be remunerated by council in accordance with a fee as determined by council from time to time and reimbursed for his or her expenses.