THE Pharmacy Registration Board of Western Australia has issued a formal statement noting that proprietors of registered pharmacy premises are signing declarations of compliance with the Pharmacy Act, Pharmacy Regulations and the Board's Guidelines "without satisfying themselves as to the compliance of all items".
The Board's Dec communiqu reminds all applicants that in addition to cancelling the registration of premises where an application includes information that is false or misleading, the Act "also provides for substantial penalties for providing false or misleading information".
The update details two recent attendances before the Board in respect of applications for renewal.
In the first case, the pharmacist with a proprietary interest in the premises, was found to have failed to comply with the Minimum Standards and despite repeated assurances that he had implemented systems to ensure ongoing compliance at all times, "the Board's inspection and desk top audit did not support this".
The pharmacist was reprimanded and ordered to include monthly checklists for compliance as part of induction processes, with the premises subject to inspection and/or desk top audit activities on an impromptu basis.
In the second instance the pharmacist was reprimanded for making significant alterations at the premises without making an application to the Board.
The Board also warned that if further non-compliance is detected it would consider making a notification to the Pharmacy Board of Australia alleging unprofessional conduct by the pharmacist proprietor.
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