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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 8 Hansard (9 August) . . Page.. 2966 ..

Pharmacy Board of the ACT

Established under: Pharmacy Act 1931

Date established: 1931

Terms of operation: Health Professions Boards (Procedures) Act 1981

Reports to:

Minister for Health, .Housing and Community Services

Terms of Reference

To administer the Pharmacy Act 1931 and:

discipline practitioners, after due inquiry on specific grounds through suspension/cancellation of registration, cautioning or reprimanding the person, ordering the pharmacist, to seek or undergo medical or psychiatric treatment or counselling, imposing on the pharmacist's registration such conditions relating to the practise of pharmacy as it considers appropriate, ordering the pharmacist to seek and follow advice, in relation to the management of his/her pharmacy practice from persons specified by the Board or ordering the pharmacist to complete specified educational courses;

consideration of complaints against registered practitioners; and

general monitoring of the conduct of the profession in the ACT.

The Board comprises a Chairperson and three members appointed by the Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services in accordance with the Health Professions Boards (Procedures) Act 1981 and three members elected by the profession registered in the ACT in accordance with the Health Professions Boards (Elections) Act 1980 giving a total of seven (7) on the Board.

Membership

Member Position Remuneration

(include title) (eg Chair, Member)

Vacant* Chairperson Nil

Vacant* Appointed Member Nil

Mr Graeme Watson Elected Member Nil

Deputy Chairperson

Mr Patrick Develin Elected Member Nil

Mr John Gregan Elected Member Nil

* Appointments expired 3 June 2001, negotiations for reappointment underway.

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