In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise indicates—

“Act”

means the Pharmacy Act, 1974, (Act 53 of 1974), as amended, and regulations;

“additional qualification”

means a qualification obtained as part of continuing professional development which is recognised by council for purposes of registration;

“assessor”

means any pharmacist registered by council in accordance with criteria determined and published for this purpose by council to measure outcomes of pharmacy education and training;

“certificate of approval”

means a certificate issued by council to a person or institution that complies with the criteria determined and published by council for the approval of providers;

“certificate of qualification”

means documentary evidence of a qualification required for registration as a pharmacist’s assistant;

“community pharmacy”

means a pharmacy wherein or from which some or all of the services as prescribed in regulation 18 of the Regulations Relating to the Practice of Pharmacy are provided to persons requiring pharmaceutical services, but excludes an institutional pharmacy;

“continuing professional development”

means the process by which natural persons registered with council continuously enhance their knowledge, skills and personal qualities throughout their professional careers, and encompasses a range of activities including continuing education and supplementary training;

“contract”

means a contract approved by council which lays down the conditions of an internship of a pharmacist intern or the in-service training of a pharmacist’s assistant (learner basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (learner post-basic);

“direct personal supervision”

means guidance and support by a pharmacist whilst physically present in a pharmacy;

“in-service training”

means the training undertaken by a pharmacist’s assistant (learner basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (learner post-basic) under the direct personal supervision of a tutor at a pharmacy approved by council for purposes of such training;

“internship”

means the practical training undertaken by a pharmacist intern in terms of a contract under the direct personal supervision of a tutor in a pharmacy approved by council for purposes of such training or at an institution registered as a provider of a qualification in pharmacy;

“institutional pharmacy”

means a pharmacy situated in—

but excludes a community pharmacy;

“manufacturing pharmacy”

means a pharmacy wherein or from which some or all of the services as prescribed in regulation 16 of the Regulations Relating to the Practice of Pharmacy are provided and which shall sell medicine only to a wholesale pharmacy or a community pharmacy or an institutional pharmacy or to persons who are authorised to purchase medicines in terms of the Medicines Act or to an organ of State;

“Medicines Act”

the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 1965 (Act 101 of 1965), as amended;

“pharmacist’s assistant”

means a natural person registered in one of the following categories—

“pharmacist intern"

means a person registered as such and who is undergoing an internship;

“primary care drug therapy”

means diagnosing a health need, prescribing and supplying of medicine to meet the health needs of a patient or group of patients or, where necessary, the referral to another health care provider by a pharmacist who has received the necessary authorisation from the council;

“private health facility”

means any hospital, institution or facility at which provision is made for diagnostic interventions, medical or surgical treatment, and nursing or other health care which is not owned or controlled by an organ of State;

“provider”

means any person or institution approved by and registered with council to provide education and training for purposes of conferring a qualification in pharmacy or a certificate of qualification or for purposes of continuing professional development;

“public health facility”

means any hospital, institution or facility at which provision is made for diagnostic interventions, medical or surgical treatment and nursing or other health care which is owned or controlled by an organ of State;

“qualification in pharmacy”

means a qualification prescribed for purposes of registration as a pharmacist;

“supplementary training”

means training approved by council which empowers a registered person to perform acts or provide services, in terms of the Act or any other law, which fall outside the scope of practice of the category in which he or she is registered;

“tutor”

means the pharmacist approved by council to supervise the internship of a pharmacist intern or the in-service training of a pharmacist’s assistant;

“unit standards”

means the education and training outcomes prescribed for the various categories of persons, for purposes of registration in terms of the Act;

“wholesale pharmacy”

means a pharmacy wherein or from which some or all of the services as prescribed in regulation 17 of the Regulations Relating to the Practice of Pharmacy are provided and which shall sell medicine only to a wholesale pharmacy or a community pharmacy or an institutional pharmacy or to persons who are authorised to purchase medicines in terms of the Medicines Act or to an organ of State.