New South Wales Repealed Acts

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PHARMACY ACT 1964 - SECT 20A

20A Refusal or suspension of registration or removal from register on ground of unfitness

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act where the Board is satisfied on such evidence as to it seems proper that any applicant for registration under this Act or any pharmacist is, by reason of infirmity, injury or illness, whether mental or physical, unfit to carry on the business of a pharmacist the Board may refuse to register the applicant’s name in the register or may order that the name of the pharmacist be removed from the register or that the pharmacist be suspended from practice as a pharmacist for such period as may be specified in the order.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the Board:

(a) may require an applicant for registration or a pharmacist to undergo, at the expense of the Board, such medical examinations by such medical practitioners as may be specified by the Board, and

(b) may hold such inquiry as the Board thinks fit.

(3) A failure or refusal by any person required by the Board to undergo a medical examination in accordance with a requirement of the Board made under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) may be regarded by the Board as evidence that that person is, by reason of infirmity, injury or illness, whether mental or physical, unfit to carry on the business of a pharmacist.

(4) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the powers of the Board under any other provision of this Act to refuse an application for registration under this Act or to remove the name of a pharmacist from the register or to suspend a pharmacist from practice.