New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

PHARMACY ACT 1964 - SECT 17

17 Additional requirements for registration

(1) A person shall not be entitled to be registered as a pharmacist pursuant to section 13, 14, 15 or 16 unless:

(a) the Board is satisfied that the person has attained the age of 18 years and is of good character, and

(a1) the person proves to the satisfaction of the Board that he has a knowledge of the English language adequate to carry on the business of a pharmacist, and

(b) the person’s application for registration is accompanied by the registration fee fixed by the Board.

(2) Upon registering a person as a pharmacist pursuant to section 13, 14, 15 or 16, the Board shall issue to the person a certificate of registration in the prescribed form.

(3) If a person applies to be registered as a pharmacist later than 5 years after the person was last registered as a pharmacist, the Board may refuse to register the person until the person has passed, at a standard satisfactory to the Board, such oral or written examination (or oral and written examinations) as the Board considers appropriate.