Health Products (Licensing of Retail Pharmacies) Regulations 2016

a qualified practitioner or collaborative prescribing practitioner, or a person acting under the supervision of a qualified practitioner or collaborative prescribing practitioner; or

a qualified pharmacist or a person acting under the supervision of a qualified pharmacist; “general sale list medicine” means a therapeutic product registered under the classification of “general sale list medicine” in the Register of Health Products;“healthcare service licensee” means a person who holds a licence under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide a licensable healthcare service;“in-store pharmaceutical officer” means —

a qualified pharmacist engaged or employed to provide pharmacy services at or from a retail pharmacy specified in a pharmacy licence; or

a person acting under the supervision of the qualified pharmacist mentioned in paragraph (a), when providing pharmacy services at or from the retail pharmacy mentioned in that paragraph;[Deleted by S 433/2023 wef 26/06/2023]“licensable healthcare service” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;[Deleted by S 808/2023 wef 18/12/2023][Deleted by S 808/2023 wef 18/12/2023]“oral dental gum” means a health product categorised as an oral dental gum in the First Schedule to the Act;“personnel”, in relation to a healthcare service licensee providing a licensable healthcare service, means any individual employed or engaged by the healthcare service licensee to assist the licensee in providing the licensable healthcare service;“pharmacy department”, in relation to a healthcare service licensee, means the part of any approved permanent premises, approved conveyance or temporary premises of the healthcare service licensee set aside for the supply, dispensing or compounding of therapeutic products on order or prescription to patients at the approved permanent premises, approved conveyance or temporary premises;“pharmacy licence” means a licence, issued by the Authority under these Regulations, to carry on a retail pharmacy business at or from the retail pharmacy specified in the licence;“qualified pharmacist” means a person who —

is registered as a pharmacist under the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007;

holds a valid practising certificate granted under section 23 of that Act; and

is in active practice as defined in regulation 2 of the Pharmacists Registration (Practising Certificates) Regulations 2008 (G.N. No. S 438/2008);“qualified practitioner” means —

a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997; or

a registered dentist under the Dental Registration Act 1999 whose name appears in the first division of the Register of Dentists maintained and kept under section 13(1)(a) of that Act;“retail pharmacy” means any premises at or from which a retail pharmacy business is or is to be conducted, and excludes a pharmacy department;“retail pharmacy business” means a business (not being a professional practice carried out by a qualified practitioner or collaborative prescribing practitioner) that consists of or includes the provision of retail pharmacy services to the general public;“retail pharmacy services” means the sale or dispensing of one or more specified health products, whether or not accompanied by advice or counselling on the effective and safe use of those products;“specified health product” means a health product specified in the First Schedule;“telepharmacy services” means the provision of retail pharmacy services by a qualified pharmacist at a retail pharmacy, through a computer, or video or audio link;“temporary premises” means any premises other than permanent premises;“therapeutic product” means a health product categorised as a therapeutic product in the First Schedule to the Act.

the applicant has obtained all necessary approvals for the applicant’s retail pharmacy business from the relevant authorities, other than the Authority; (b)the retail pharmacy has a designated dispensing area which is sufficiently secure to prevent unauthorised access to the dispensing area during operating hours; (c)the layout of the retail pharmacy allows for the orderly arrangement of specified health products which are to be supplied or dispensed by retail at or from the retail pharmacy;

the retail pharmacy is sufficiently secure to ensure the safekeeping of the specified health products to be supplied or dispensed by retail at or from the retail pharmacy and to prevent unauthorised access to any specified health product at all times;

the retail pharmacy has appropriate storage facilities to store each specified health product in accordance with the conditions approved by the Authority for the storage of the specified health product; (f)an adequate system is in place for proper safekeeping and maintenance of records in respect of the specified health products stored at the retail pharmacy, including arrangements to audit the records to ensure their integrity; (g)the retail pharmacy will at all times be under the control and management of a qualified pharmacist; (h)the applicant has paid the application fee.

the Medicines Act 1975;

the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973;

the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007;

the Poisons Act 1938.