Board finalises references
September 6, 2011
THE Pharmacy Board of Australia
has approved changes to the
official List of References for
pharmacists, after a wide-ranging
consultation period.
At its most recent meeting on 26
Aug the Board confirmed the
removal of Martindale from the list,
and also now requires pharmacists
to have access to Therapeutic
Guidelines Series (complete set in
hardcopy), eTG or equivalent.
The other major change is that all
references must be accessible to all
pharmacists undertaking clinical
assessment, reviewing, dispensing
and counselling processes -
removing the former asterisk against
some references which indicated
they were “for pharmacists
undertaking medication reviews”.
During the meeting the Board has
also clarified the registration type
required by pharmacy proprietors,
because under the current
arrangements state and territory
legislation governs pharmacy
ownership requirements.
“It is the Board’s view that it is in
the public interest for proprietor
pharmacists to hold general
registration...however the Board
acknowledges that it must take into
consideration whether under state
and territory law governing
pharmacy ownership, pharmacists
are entitled to maintain nonpractising
registration.
Currently proprietors must hold
general registration in the ACT,
NSW and Tasmania, while general
or non-practising registration is
valid in SA and Vic, with the status
of NT, Qld and WA to be advised.
The board also reminded
pharmacists to ensure they have
records of CPD undertaken during
01 Oct 2010-30 Sep 2011, with 20
credits required and a suitable
declaration of compliance to
accompany registration renewals.
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