| 28. |
Requirements and conditions for registration as a pharmacist’s assistant in the category pharmacists’ assistant (learner basic) or pharmacists’ assistant (learner post-basic) |
Any person registered for a learning programme with a provider of a certificate of qualification must register with the council at the commencement of such learning programme: provided that no person will be registered with council as a pharmacist’s assistant in the category pharmacist’s assistant (learner basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (learner post-basic), as the case may be, unless he or she complies with the provisions of regulation 29.
| 29. |
Any person who applies for registration as a pharmacist’s assistant in the category pharmacist’s assistant (learner basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (learner post-basic), as the case may be, must— |
| (1) |
submit to the registrar: |
| (a) |
a duly completed application on a form approved and provided by council; |
| (b) |
a certified copy of his or her identity document or passport; |
| (c) |
acceptable documentary evidence— |
| (i) |
from the provider concerned that he or she has been registered for a learning programme for a certificate of qualification in the category pharmacist’s assistant (basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (post-basic), as the case may be; |
| (ii) |
of the approval by council of the pharmacy where the in-service training of the pharmacist’s assistant will be undertaken; and |
| (iii) |
of the approval by council of the tutor under whom such training will take place; and |
| (2) |
pay the registration fee as determined by the council. |
| 30. |
Every person who complies with the requirements of regulation 29 must be registered in the category pharmacist’s assistant (learner basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (learner post-basic), as the case may be, and issued with a registration certificate by the registrar. |
| 31. |
Transitional arrangements |
A pharmacist’s assistant who is undertaking training in the Republic in terms of the Act, for purposes of registration as a pharmacist’s assistant prior to the commencement of these regulations shall be deemed to be registered as a pharmacist’s assistant in the category pharmacist’s assistant (learner post-basic): provided that such pharmacist’s assistant will have the choice of either:
| (1) |
completing such training; or |
| (2) |
applying to a provider to be admitted to a learning programme for a certificate of qualification and informing the registrar in writing of such application. |
32. Removal from the register
| (1) |
Except as provided for in terms of sections 23, 24 and 39 of the Act, the registrar may remove from the register of pharmacist’s assistants (learner basic) or pharmacist’s assistants (learner post-basic), as the case may be, the name of a pharmacist’s assistant— |
| (a) |
who has complied with the requirements for a certificate of qualification as a pharmacist’s assistant (basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (post-basic) as the case may be; |
| (b) |
who no longer complies with the requirements and conditions for registration as a pharmacist’s assistant (learner basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (learner post-basic), as the case may be; or |
| (2) |
A person in respect of whose entry a removal as contemplated in subregulations (1)(a) and (b) has been made, must be notified thereof and any certificate issued in respect of the registration in question shall be deemed to be cancelled as from the date on which notice has so been given. |
| 33. |
Restoration to the register |
A pharmacist’s assistant (learner basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (learner post-basic), as the case may be, whose name was removed from the register in terms of regulations 32 may, if applicable, have his or her name restored to the register by—
| (1) |
submitting to the registrar: |
| (a) |
a duly completed application for restoration of his or her name to the register on a form as approved and provided by the council; and |
| (b) |
acceptable documentary evidence from the provider concerned to the effect that he or she has been re-admitted to a learning programme for a certificate of qualification; and |
| (2) |
paying the prescribed restoration fee; and |
if the registrar is satisfied that he or she is a fit and proper person to be restored to the relevant register. If the registrar is not satisfied that he or she is a fit and proper person to be restored to the relevant register, the registrar must submit the application concerned to the council for a decision.
Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998
