Pharmacy Daily | National Board update

THIS month West Australian pharmacists are set to join with their brethren from other Australian states and territories under the National Registration Scheme. Scheduled to commence from 18 Oct, the amalgamation is currently being finalised by the Pharmacy Board of Australia in its Registration Transition Plan for registrants in Western Australia. Under the plan existing registration types in Western Australia will transition to the registration types established under the national scheme for transitioning registrants. At present the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency is working to de-duplicate records for registrants currently enrolled in both the national scheme and in their state scheme, to ensure that there is only one set of records by the convergence deadline of 18 Oct. APHRA has also said that it aims to transition interns currently undertaking supervised practice in WA to the national program with provisional registration without interruption. MEANWHILE The Pharmacy Board has also announced it is in the process of finalising intern and preceptor guides. The guidelines will detail the responsibilities of interns and preceptors in the internship respectively and will also outline the requirements of the internship year. According to the Board the guides are expected to be available on its website later this month. In addition the board has said that it will implement a national examination from 01 Jan 2011, and as such has requested that APHRA appoints a national examination coordinator to manage the process and the officers currently involved in the program. FURTHERMORE AHPRA and the Victorian Pharmacy Authority have announced the development of a Memorandum of Understanding to “allow for the exchange of information between both organisations to ensure that up-todate information about the registration status of pharmacists and details of pharmacy premises can be exchanged between each organisation, supporting their dayto- day operations”.

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