Singapore legislation

Section 15

of Pharmacists Registration Act

Section 15

Registers

(1)

The Registrar shall keep and maintain the following registers:

(a)

a register to be called the “Register of Pharmacists” containing —

(i)

in Part I thereof, the names of persons registered as fully registered pharmacists under section 16(1) and (2); and

(ii)

in Part II thereof, the names of persons registered as pharmacists with conditional registration under section 17(1);

(b)

a register to be called the “Register of Specialists” containing the names of persons registered as specialists under section 18; and

(c)

a register to be called the “Register of Temporarily Registered Pharmacists” containing the names of persons who are registered temporarily as pharmacists under section 19.

(2)

The particulars to be included in any register referred to in subsection (1) in respect of a person are —

(a)

his name, residential address and practice address (if any);

(b)

the date of his registration;

(c)

the qualification by virtue of which he is registered and the date he obtained the qualification; and

(d)

such other particulars as the Council may determine.

(3)

The Registrar shall —

(a)

be responsible for the maintenance and custody of the registers; and

(b)

publish on the Council’s Internet website a list of the names, addresses, qualifications and date of qualifications and registration of all pharmacists who —

(i)

are registered under this Act; and

(ii)

have in force practising certificates.

(4)

A registered pharmacist shall inform the Registrar in writing of —

(a)

any change in his name, residential address, practice address or such of his other particulars as may be prescribed, within 28 days of the change; and

(b)

any alteration or addition to his qualification.

(5)

Any person who contravenes subsection (4)(a) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(6)

A person who makes a report of a change in his residential address under section 8 of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201) shall be deemed to have complied with subsection (4) on the date which he makes the report.

(7)

The Registrar may disclose any information in the registers to any person prescribed by regulations made under this Act, if the disclosure is in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in those regulations.

(8)

Subsection (7) is without prejudice to any other right or duty to disclose the information under general or written law.

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