4Purpose

4 Purpose

For paragraph 92A (1) (f) of the National Health Act 1953 (the Act), this Determination sets out conditions that apply to the approval of a person as an approved pharmacist for the purposes of Part VII of the Act (including an approval granted before the commencement of section 92A of the Act and an approval of a person or body referred to in section 83Z of the Act).

Note 1: The Minister may, after investigation and report by the appropriate Committee of Inquiry, suspend, further suspend or revoke the approval of a pharmacist if the Minister is satisfied that the pharmacist has, in relation to or arising out of the approval, been guilty of conduct which is an abuse of that approval (see section 95 of the Act). Any conduct of an approved pharmacist that is a contravention of the conditions specified in section 92A of the Act shall be deemed to be conduct that is an abuse of the pharmacist’s approval for the purposes of section 95 of the Act (see subsection 92A(3) of the Act).

Note 2: The dispensing of drugs and medicinal preparations is also regulated under State and Territory laws.