Except as provided for in the Medicines Act, the following services pertaining to the scope of practice of a pharmacist may be provided in a community or institutional pharmacy—
| (1) |
the provision of pharmaceutical care by taking responsibility for the patient’s medicine-related needs and being accountable for meeting these needs, which shall include but not be limited to the following functions: |
| (a) |
evaluation of a patient’s medicine-related needs by determining the indication, safety and effectiveness of the therapy; |
| (b) |
dispensing of any medicine or scheduled substance on the prescription of an authorised prescriber; |
| (c) |
furnishing of information and advice to any person with regard to medicine; |
| (d) |
determining patient compliance with the therapy and follow-up to ensure that the patient’s needs are being met; and |
| (e) |
provision of pharmacist-initiated therapy; |
| (2) |
the compounding, manipulation or preparation of any medicine or scheduled substance; |
| (3) |
the purchasing, acquiring, keeping, possessing, using, supplying or selling of any medicine or scheduled substance; |
| (4) |
the application for the registration of a medicine or medical device; |
| (5) |
the re-packaging of medicine; |
| (6) |
the promotion of public health in accordance with guidelines and standards as determined by a competent authority, which includes but shall not be limited to: |
| (a) |
the provision of information and education regarding the promotion of human health; |
| (b) |
the provision of immunisation, mother and childcare, blood pressure monitoring, health education, blood-glucose monitoring, screening tests for pregnancy, family planning, cholesterol screening tests, HIV screening tests, urine analysis, and visiometric and audiometric screening tests; |
| (c) |
the provision of animal health care services, which includes: |
| (i) |
the compounding and dispensing of prescriptions written by veterinarians and ensuring the optimal use of veterinary medicines; |
| (ii) |
the immunisation of animals; |
| (iii) |
the handling of minor and/or self-limiting ailments in animals; and |
| (iv) |
the provision of information and education regarding the promotion of animal health. |
| (7) |
the initiation and conducting of pharmaceutical research and development; |
| (8) |
the provision of primary care drug therapy with prior authorisation from council; and |
| (9) |
any other health service as may be approved by council from time to time. |
Maintenance Act, 1998
