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

Regulations

Regulations relating to Pharmacy Education and Training

Chapter l: Standards of education and training of pharmacists

5 - 13. General requirements and conditions for internship

 

5. Any person who holds a qualification in pharmacy must prior to registration as a pharmacist, undertake an internship to the satisfaction of council for a period of not less than one year or periods of not less than one year in the aggregate: Provided that the council may exempt him or her partially or in full from this requirement on submission of documentary evidence to the satisfaction of council that he or she has undertaken practical training for a period of not less than one year or periods of not less than one year in the aggregate as part of his or her undergraduate studies under the supervision of a person or an institution registered as a provider of a qualification in pharmacy.

 

6. The internship referred to in regulation 5 must be undertaken—
(1) in terms of a contract;
(2) in a community pharmacy, institutional pharmacy, manufacturing pharmacy, or at a provider of a qualification in pharmacy, approved by council for the purposes of such training; and
(3) under the direct personal supervision of a tutor approved by council.

 

7. No person must commence an internship unless—
(1) he or she is duly registered as a pharmacist intern in terms of the Regulations Relating to the Registration of Persons and the Maintenance of Registers;
(2) a contract is entered into by and between the tutor and the prospective pharmacist intern;
(3) the pharmacy or institution registered as a provider of a qualification in pharmacy at which the internship will take place has been approved by council; and
(4) the tutor has been approved by council.

 

8. No pharmacist, pharmacy or institution registered as a provider of a qualification in pharmacy must employ any person as a pharmacist intern or in any other capacity which may imply or lead such person to believe that he or she is undertaking an internship, unless the requirements in regulation 6 and 7 have been complied with and such pharmacist, pharmacy or institution registered as a provider of a qualification in pharmacy has been notified by the registrar in writing thereof.

 

9. Council may condone any non-compliance with the requirements of these Regulations as a result of a bona fide administrative error in the office of the registrar during the registration of the pharmacist intern.

 

10. The internship undertaken at an institution registered as a provider of a qualification in pharmacy or in a manufacturing pharmacy must include as part of such internship a period of not less than 400 hours of practical training as determined by council at a community or institutional pharmacy approved by council for such training: Provided that—
(1) the tutor referred to in subregulation 6(3) must make the necessary arrangements for and keep the necessary records of such training; and
(2) such periods of practical training must be done on a basis of periods each of which must be at least five consecutive days in an approved community or institutional pharmacy.

 

11. No internship undertaken at an institution registered as a provider of a qualification in pharmacy shall be recognised in terms of the Act, unless the prospective tutor has submitted to the registrar—
(1) full particulars of the proposed post-graduate study or research to be undertaken by the prospective pharmacist intern and the post-graduate study or research has been approved by council; and
(2) acceptable documentary evidence that the prospective pharmacist intern is registered at such institution for the post-graduate study or research referred to in subregulation 11(1), which postgraduate study or research will lead to the awarding by such institution of at least a master’s degree.

 

12. If a pharmacist intern, undergoing an internship at an institution registered as a provider of a qualification in pharmacy, discontinues his or her studies or research for any reason or ceases to be registered at that provider, he or she shall receive recognition only for the period(s) of practical training duly completed at a community or institutional pharmacy referred to in regulation 10.

 

13. The internship of a pharmacist intern at an institution registered as a provider of a qualification in pharmacy, shall be regarded to be completed upon successful completion of the required period of practical training referred to in regulation 10 and the submission of acceptable documentary evidence to the registrar that the pharmacist intern has satisfied the requirements of the institution for the awarding of at least a master’s degree.