Pharmacy (Amendment) Act 1954 (NSW)

PHARMACY (AMENDMENT) ACT.

Act No. 21, 1954.

Elizabeth II, An Act to make further provision in relation No. ^ 1 9 5 4 . registration of pharmacists; for this

purpose to amend the Pharmacy Act, 1897­ 1952, in certain respects; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 23rd April, 1954.]

"OE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty,

by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­

lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South

Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows :—

Short title

and 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the “ Pharmacy

citation.	(Amendment) Act, 1954.”
(2) The Pharmacy Act, 1897, as amended by subse­ quent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Pharmacy Act, 1897-1954.
Amendment

of Act No. 7, 2 , The Pharmacy Act, 1897, as amended by subsequent

1897.           Acts, is amended by inserting at the end of section eleven

See. 11.
(Qualifica­	the following new subsection:—

tions of	(2) A person who proves to the satisfaction of the registered as a pharmacist, and shall receive from the Board a certificate in the form of Schedule III to this Act if—
pharma­
registered	Board that he is of good character is entitled to be
cists.)

(a) he is of the full age of twenty-one years;

(b)

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(b)	he holds a certificate or diploma granted by a College or Board of Pharmacy in any country whether British or foreign (other than New South Wales), which certificate or diploma is recognised by the Board as furnishing such guarantee of knowledge and skill in i)harmacy that, if he satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of this subsection, he will have the requisite knowledge and skill for the efficient practice of pharmacy in New South Wales;
(c)	he satisfies the University of Sydney by examination or otherwise of proficiency in each of the following subjects, namely, chemistry, practical chemistry, botany and materia medica;
(d)	he has passed an examination before examiners appointed by the Senate of the University of Sydney in the subject of practical pharmacy; and
(e)	he satisfies the Board that he has, before or after the commencement of the Pharmac-y (Amendment) Act, 1954, served as an assis.t- ant for a period of not less than twelve months in the business of a registered pharmacist in New South Wales or the Australian Capital Territory, keeping open shop for the purpose of dispensing and com­ pounding medical prescriptions; or for a like period as an assistant to a registered pharmacist in charge of a dispensary of a Friendly Society in New South Wales or the Australian Capital Territory; or for a like period as an assistant to a registered pharmacist who is also a managing director or general manager of a company where such assistantship is served in open shop kept by such company in New South Wales or the Australian Capital Territory for the purpose of dispensing and compounding medical prescriptions; or for a like period as an assistant to a registered pharmacist in

charge

52   Private Hospitals (Amendment) Act.

No. 21, 1954.	charge of a dispensary in an open shop kept
by a company in New South Wales or the Australian Capital Territory for the purpose of dispensing or compounding medicines.
In this paragraph “ registered pharma­ cist” means a phaimacist whose name is entered on the register kept in pursuance of this Act or on the register kept in pursuance of the law for the time being in force in the Australian Capital Territory relating to the registration of pharmacists.