Section 15
Registers
of Pharmacists Registration Act 2007
(1)
In addition to duties under the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, the Registrar must keep and maintain the following registers:
a register called the “Register of Pharmacists” containing —
in Part I of the register, the names of persons registered as fully registered pharmacists under section 16(1) and (2); and
in Part II of the register, the names of persons registered as pharmacists with conditional registration under section 17(1);
a register called the “Register of Specialists” containing the names of persons registered as specialists under section 18;
a register 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 mentioned in subsection (1) in respect of a person are —
the person’s name, residential address and practice address (if any);
the date of the person’s registration;
the qualification by virtue of which the person is registered and the date the person obtained the qualification; and
any other particulars that the Council may determine.
(3)
The Registrar —
is responsible for the maintenance and custody of the registers; and
must publish on the Council’s Internet website a list of the names, addresses, qualifications and date of qualifications and registration of all pharmacists who —
are registered under this Act; and
have in force practising certificates.
(4)
A registered pharmacist must inform the Registrar in writing of —
any change in his or her name, residential address, practice address or any other particulars that may be prescribed, within 28 days of the change; and
any alteration or addition to the registered pharmacist’s qualification.
(5)
A 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 the person’s residential address under section 10 of the National Registration Act 1965 is deemed to have complied with subsection (4) on the date the person 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) does not affect any other right or duty to disclose the information under general or written law.