New Board requirements
August 13, 2010
THE Pharmacy Board of Australia
has flagged the development of
additional guidelines on the
responsibilities of practising
pharmacists who are also owners of
pharmacy businesses.
The move follows the board’s
previous policy decision (PD 18
Jun) which stated that prima facie a
pharmacist who owns a pharmacy
is practising pharmacy.
The board says that in addition to
meeting registration standards,
including requirements for
professional indemnity insurance,
recency of practice and continuing
professional development,
proprietor pharmacists will be
obliged to meet the guidelines
under development “which will be
open for consulation before being
finalised by the board”.
The project to develop the new
guidelines was flagged in the
minutes of the tenth official
meeting of the Board which took
place in Melbourne on 30 Jul.
Other issues highlighted in the
Board’s post-meeting communique
include its agreement on a new oral
examination format, which will
supersede the current state and
territory exams from 01 Jan 2011.
The new exam will be 45-50
minutes in length; be run by two
examiners; and will include four
scenario based questions involving
a patient medication profile, a
primary healthcare scenario, a
legal/ethic practice scenario and a
communication/ problem solving
scenario which all may include role
play and discussion with examiners.
The new oral exam guideline will
be published by the Board in Jan
next year, whilst exams will be run
by AHPRA on behalf of the Board
every four months.
Feedback was also considered on
the wide ranging consultation on
guidelines for dispensing medicines,
specialised supply arrangements
and practice specific issues, with
the Board resolving to publish the
finalised guidelines on its website
by the middle of this month.
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