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MADAM SPEAKER, THE PHARMACY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF A.C.T. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS REGISTRATION LAWS TO BE AMENDED IN LINE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH MINISTERS AGREEMENT TO ADOPT CONSISTENT STANDARDS IN RELATION TO THE REGULATION OF HEALTH OCCUPATIONS.
THE PHARMACY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 PROVIDES FOR NATIONALLY AGREED UNIFORM STANDARDS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR REGULATING PHARMACISTS AND FOR UNIFORM DISCIPLINARY SANCTIONS WHICH CAN BE IMPOSED.
IN PARTICULAR THE BILL RECOGNISES THE ENTITLEMENT OF A PERSON WHO IS REGISTERED AS A PHARMACIST IN A STATE OR ANOTHER TERRITORY TO REGISTRATION IN THE A.C.T. AND PROVIDES FOR CONDITIONS WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED UPON A PHARMACISTS . REGISTRATION IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION TAKEN AGAINST A PHARMACIST IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION TO BE APPLIED IN RESPECT OF THE PERSONS REGISTRATION IN THE TERRITORY.
THESE PROVISIONS ARE INTENDED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE MUTUAL RECOGNITION PRINCIPLE RELATING TO OCCUPATIONS AS SET OUT IN SECTION 17 OF THE COMMONWEALTH MUTUAL RECOGNITION ACT 1992.
THE APPLICATION OF THAT PRINCIPLE TO THE TERRITORY AND TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAS GIVEN RISE TO THE DESIRABILITY OF ADOPTING AGREED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION AS A PHARMACIST.
UNLESS ALL JURISDICTIONS, WHERE MUTUAL RECOGNITION APPLIES, HAVE THE SAME STANDARD FOR REGISTRATION OF A PERSON AS A PHARMACIST, A JURISDICTION WITH A LOWER STANDARD WILL PROVIDE A MEANS FOR A PERSON WHO SATISFIES THAT STANDARD, BUT NOT THE HIGHER STANDARDS REQUIRED IN THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS, TO GAIN REGISTRATION IN THOSE OTHER JURISDICTIONS UNDER THE MUTUAL RECOGNITION PRINCIPLE.
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