sec.8What is a pharmacy business

sec.8 What is a pharmacy business

A pharmacy business is a business that provides pharmacy services in Queensland that include core pharmacy services. However, none of the following is a pharmacy business — a business carried on by the State at a public sector hospital; a business carried on at a hospital that provides core pharmacy services only to patients at the hospital; a business carried on by a veterinary surgeon at premises used by the surgeon in the practice of the surgeon’s profession; a business that compounds medicines for sale, or dispenses medicines, to members of the public solely in connection with the manufacture of animal food under a manufacturing licence under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 . In this section— core pharmacy service means— the compounding of medicines for sale to members of the public; or the dispensing, by or under the supervision of a practising pharmacist, of medicines to members of the public; or the selling, by or under the supervision of a practising pharmacist, of medicines to members of the public other than on prescription. hospital means— a public sector hospital; or a private health facility under the Private Health Facilities Act 1999 . public sector hospital see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , schedule 2 . veterinary surgeon see the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 , schedule. s 8 amd 2025 No. 21 s 3 (sec.8-ssec.1) A pharmacy business is a business that provides pharmacy services in Queensland that include core pharmacy services. (sec.8-ssec.2) However, none of the following is a pharmacy business — a business carried on by the State at a public sector hospital; a business carried on at a hospital that provides core pharmacy services only to patients at the hospital; a business carried on by a veterinary surgeon at premises used by the surgeon in the practice of the surgeon’s profession; a business that compounds medicines for sale, or dispenses medicines, to members of the public solely in connection with the manufacture of animal food under a manufacturing licence under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 . (sec.8-ssec.3) In this section— core pharmacy service means— the compounding of medicines for sale to members of the public; or the dispensing, by or under the supervision of a practising pharmacist, of medicines to members of the public; or the selling, by or under the supervision of a practising pharmacist, of medicines to members of the public other than on prescription. hospital means— a public sector hospital; or a private health facility under the Private Health Facilities Act 1999 . public sector hospital see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , schedule 2 . veterinary surgeon see the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 , schedule.

• (a) a business carried on by the State at a public sector hospital;
• (b) a business carried on at a hospital that provides core pharmacy services only to patients at the hospital;