AI-assisted research summary: This Act sets up the Singapore Pharmacy Council and defines key terms used for pharmacist registration and practising certificates.
Pharmacists Registration Act 2007 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 An Act to establish the Singapore Pharmacy Council, to provide for the registration of pharmacists and for matters connected therewith. [1 September 2008] PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title 1. This Act is the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “appropriate register” means any of the registers mentioned in section 15(1), as appropriate; “Board” means the Specialists Accreditation Board established under section 36; “Chief Pharmacist” means the Chief Pharmacist of the Ministry of Health; “Council” means the Singapore Pharmacy Council established under section 3; “practice of pharmacy” means any of the acts or activities specified in the Schedule; “practising certificate” means a practising certificate granted under section 23; “president” means the president of the Council; “registered pharmacist” means a person who is registered as a pharmacist under this Act; “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Council; “Singapore degree” means a degree or diploma in pharmacy conferred by — (a) the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore; (b) the University of Malaya, Singapore; (c) the University of Singapore; (d) the National University of Singapore; or (e) any other tertiary institution in Singapore which the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe; “unauthorised person” means — (a) a person who is not a registered pharmacist; or (b) a registered pharmacist who does not have a valid practising certificate, and who has not been exempted under section 70 or 71.