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INTRODUCTION OF UNIFORM QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION;

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GENERAL REGISTRATION APPLICANTS MUST BE

GRADUATES OF AN ACCREDITED COURSE OF STUDY AND TRAINING IN

PHARMACY FROM AN AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTION OR AN OVERSEAS

INSTITUTION WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AN EXAMINATION

CONDUCTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD; AND

IF REQUIRED BY THE BOARD, HAVE UNDERTAKEN THE REQUIRED TRAINING OR GAINED EXPERIENCE IN THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY IN AUSTRALIA FOR A PERIOD SPECIFIED BY THE BOARD, BUT NOT EXCEEDING TWELVE MONTHS.

INTRODUCTION OF UNIFORM CATEGORIES OF REGISTRATION;

THE NEW REGISTRATION ARRANGEMENTS DISTINGUISH INITIAL REGISTRATION FROM SUBSEQUENT STREAMLINED RECOGNITION PROCEDURES FOR REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FROM PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS UNDER THE MUTUAL RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENTS.

REGISTRATION MAY BE GRANTED WITHOUT CONDITIONS, OR WITH CONDITIONS TO LIMIT THE PERSONS ABILITY TO PRACTISE IN A WAY THE PHARMACY BOARD CONSIDERS SAFE OR APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PERSON OR FOR PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC.

THE PHARMACY BOARDS DISCIPLINARY POWERS HAVE BEEN EXPANDED TO PROVIDE FOR A UNIFORM RANGE OF SANCTIONS TO BE IMPOSED EITHER SINGULARLY OR IN COMBINATION IN RESPECT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION OR IN CASES OF IMPAIRMENT.

THESE POWERS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF BOARDS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND THEREFORE WILL BE RECOGNISED IN PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION.

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