South Australia
Pharmacy Practice Act 2007
An Act to protect the health and safety of the public by providing for the registration of pharmacists, pharmacy students, pharmacies and pharmacy depots; to regulate the provision of pharmacy services for the purpose of maintaining high standards of competence and conduct by the persons who provide it; and for other purposes.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
3	Interpretation
4	Medical fitness to provide pharmacy services
Part 2—Pharmacy Board of South Australia
Division 1—Establishment of Board
5	Establishment of Board
Division 2—Board's membership
6	Composition of Board
7	Terms and conditions of membership
8	Presiding member and deputy
9	Vacancies or defects in appointment of members
10	Remuneration
Division 3—Registrar and staff of Board
11	Registrar of Board
12	Other staff of Board
Division 4—General functions and powers
13	Functions of Board
14	Committees
15	Delegations
Division 5—Board's procedures
16	Board's procedures
17	Conflict of interest under Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act
18	Powers of Board in relation to witnesses etc
19	Principles governing proceedings
20	Representation at proceedings before Board
21	Costs
Division 6—Accounts, audit and annual report
22	Accounts and audit
23	Annual report
Part 3—Registration and practice
Division 1—Registers
24	Registers
25	Authority conferred by registration
Division 2—Registration of pharmacists and pharmacy students
26	Registration of natural persons as pharmacists
27	Registration of pharmacy students
28	Application for registration and provisional registration
29	Removal from register
30	Reinstatement on register
31	Fees and returns
Division 3—Practising certificates
32	Issue of practising certificate
33	Conditions of practising certificate
34	Duration of practising certificate
35	Application for practising certificate
36	Non-compliance with conditions of practising certificate
Division 4—Pharmacies and pharmacy depots
37	Registration of premises as pharmacy
38	Restriction on number of pharmacies
39	Supervision of pharmacies by pharmacists
40	Certain other businesses not to be carried on at pharmacy
41	Registration of premises as pharmacy depot
Division 5—Special provisions relating to pharmacy services providers
42	Information to be given to Board by pharmacy services providers
Division 6—Restrictions relating to provision of pharmacy services
43	Only qualified persons and corporate pharmacy services providers able to provide restricted pharmacy services
44	Illegal holding out as registered person
45	Illegal holding out concerning limitations or conditions
46	Use of certain titles or descriptions prohibited
Part 4—Investigations and proceedings
Division 1—Preliminary
47	Interpretation
48	Cause for disciplinary action
Division 2—Investigations
49	Powers of inspectors
50	Offence to hinder etc inspector
Division 3—Proceedings before Board
51	Obligation to report medical unfitness or unprofessional conduct of pharmacist or pharmacy student
52	Medical fitness of pharmacist or pharmacy student
53	Inquiries by Board as to matters constituting grounds for disciplinary action
54	Contravention of prohibition order
55	Register of prohibition orders
56	Variation or revocation of conditions imposed by Board
57	Constitution of Board for purpose of proceedings
58	Provisions as to proceedings before Board
Part 5—Appeals
59	Right of appeal to District Court
60	Operation of order may be suspended
61	Variation or revocation of conditions imposed by Court
Part 6—Miscellaneous
62	Offence to contravene conditions of registration
63	Registered person etc must declare interest in prescribed business
64	Improper directions to pharmacists or pharmacy students
65	Procurement of registration by fraud
66	Statutory declarations
67	False or misleading statement
68	Registered person must report medical unfitness to Board
69	Report to Board of cessation of status as student
70	Registered persons and pharmacy services providers to be indemnified against loss
71	Information relating to claim against registered person or pharmacy services provider to be provided
72	Victimisation
73	Self-incrimination
74	Punishment of conduct that constitutes an offence
75	Vicarious liability for offences
76	Application of fines
77	Board may require medical examination or report
78	Ministerial review of decisions relating to courses
79	Confidentiality
80	Service
81	Evidentiary provisions
82	Regulations
Schedule 1—Transitional provisions
Part 4—Transitional provisions
5	Transitional provisions relating to Board
6	Transitional provisions relating to pharmacists
7	Transitional provision relating to pharmacy students
8	Transitional provisions relating to premises
9	Regulations
Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Pharmacy Practice Act 2007.
3—Interpretation
	(1)	In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
appropriate register means—
	(a)	the register of pharmacists; or
	(b)	the pharmacy student register,
as the case may require;
Board means the Pharmacy Board of South Australia;
corporate pharmacy services provider—see subsection (5);
dentist means a person who is registered as a dentist under the law of this State;
director of a body corporate means a member of the board or committee of management of the body corporate, whether validly appointed or not;
District Court means the Administrative and Disciplinary Division of the District Court;
domestic partner means a person who is a domestic partner within the meaning of the Family Relationships Act 1975, whether declared as such under that Act or not;
equipment includes appliances or instruments used for the purposes of pharmacy services;
Friendly Society Medical Association Limited means the friendly society registered under the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth as a public company under the name Friendly Society Medical Association Limited (ACN 088 347 602);
inspector means a person authorised by the Board to exercise the powers of an inspector under this Act;
legal practitioner means a person admitted and enrolled as a practitioner of the Supreme Court of South Australia;
medical practitioner means a person who is registered as a medical practitioner under the law of this State;
Metropolitan Adelaide has the same meaning as in the Development Act 1993;
nominated contact address of a registered person means an address nominated by the person for the purpose of service of notices and documents under this Act;
pharmacist means a person who is registered on the register of pharmacists kept under this Act;
pharmacy, in relation to premises, means premises registered on the register of pharmacies kept under this Act;
pharmacy banner company means a body corporate that enters into commercial arrangements under which—
	(a)	a number of pharmacy businesses are operated under business or trading names that contain a common component; and
	(b)	the pharmacy businesses are jointly advertised and promoted;
pharmacy business means a business consisting of or involving the provision of pharmacy services;
pharmacy depot means premises (other than a pharmacy) at which—
	(a)	prescriptions for drugs or medicines are left for dispensing by a pharmacist; or
	(b)	drugs or medicines dispensed by a pharmacist on prescription are left for collection by or on behalf of the person for whom the drugs or medicines are prescribed;
pharmacy services or pharmacy means—
	(a)	restricted pharmacy services; or
	(b)	other health services (including the supply of goods and the provision of advice) provided in the course of practice by a pharmacist or a person who holds himself or herself out, or is held out by another, as a pharmacist;
pharmacy services provider means—
	(a)	a corporate pharmacy services provider; or
	(b)	a person referred to in section 43(2);
pharmacy student register—see Part 3 Division 1;
practice rules—see section 13(1)(e);
practising certificate—see Part 3 Division 3;
prescribed relative, in relation to a registered person, means a parent, spouse, domestic partner, child, grandchild, brother or sister of the registered person;
provide, in relation to pharmacy services, means provide services personally or through the instrumentality of another, and includes offer to provide;
psychologist means a person who is registered as a psychologist under the law of this State;
record means—
	(a)	a documentary record; or
	(b)	a record made by an electronic, electromagnetic, photographic or optical process; or
	(c)	any other kind of record;
register means a register kept under this Act;
registered person means a person who is registered on a register kept under this Act;
register of pharmacies—see Part 3 Division 1;
register of pharmacists—see Part 3 Division 1;
Registrar means the person holding or acting in the office of Registrar of the Board;
related body corporate has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
repealed Act means the Pharmacists Act 1991;
representative body means a body that is declared by the regulations to be a representative body for the purposes of this Act;
restricted pharmacy services means—
	(a)	dispensing drugs or medicines on the prescription of a medical practitioner, dentist, veterinary surgeon or other person authorised to prescribe the drugs or medicines; or
	(b)	other services declared by the regulations to be restricted pharmacy services;
spouse—a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married;
unprofessional conduct includes—
	(a)	improper or unethical conduct in relation to professional practice; and
	(b)	incompetence or negligence in relation to the provision of pharmacy services; and
	(c)	a contravention of or failure to comply with—
	(i)	a provision of this Act; or
	(ii)	a code of conduct or professional standard prepared or endorsed by the Board under this Act; and
	(d)	conduct that constitutes an offence punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or more under some other Act or law;
veterinary surgeon means a person who is registered as a veterinary surgeon under the law of this State.
	(2)	A reference in this Act to unprofessional conduct extends to—
	(a)	unprofessional conduct committed before the commencement of this Act; and
	(b)	unprofessional conduct committed within or outside South Australia or the Commonwealth.
	(3)	A reference in this Act to engaging in conduct includes a reference to failing or refusing to engage in conduct.
	(4)	Without limiting the generality of the expression, a person will be taken to provide restricted pharmacy services or provide pharmacy services if—
	(a)	the person is a party to an arrangement of a kind prescribed by the regulations; or
	(b)	the person, in the course of carrying on a business, provides a benefit to another for which the person is entitled to receive the profits or income, or a share in the profits or income, of a pharmacy business; or
	(c)	the person has, under a franchise or other commercial arrangement, a right to receive consideration that varies according to the profits or income of a pharmacy business.
	(5)	For the purposes of this Act, each of the following is a corporate pharmacy services provider:
	(a)	a company that conforms with each of the following:
	(i)	it is a company limited by shares;
	(ii)	the sole object of the company is to provide pharmacy services;
	(iii)	all the directors of the company are pharmacists (or if there are only 2 directors, 1 director is a pharmacist and the other is a prescribed relative of that pharmacist);
	(iv)	no share issued by the company, and no right to participate in the distribution of the profits of the company, is owned beneficially otherwise than by a pharmacist who is a director or employee of the company, or by a prescribed relative of that pharmacist;
	(v)	the total voting rights exercisable at a meeting of the members of the company are held by pharmacists who are directors or employees of the company;
	(vi)	if the right of a pharmacist and of his or her prescribed relatives to hold shares in the company ceases by virtue of that person ceasing to be a director or employee of the company, his or her shares and those of his prescribed relatives will be redeemed by the company, distributed among the remaining members of the company, or transferred to a pharmacist who is to become a director or employee of the company, in accordance with the constitution of the company;
	(vii)	the shares of a person who is a shareholder by virtue of being the spouse or domestic partner of a pharmacist of the relevant class will—
	(A)	on dissolution or annulment of his or her marriage with that person; or
	(B)	in the case of a domestic partner—on the cessation of that relationship,
be redeemed by the company, or distributed among the remaining members of the company, in accordance with the constitution of the company;
	(b)	a friendly society that conforms with each of the following:
	(i)	it is a company limited by guarantee or shares or by guarantee and shares;
	(ii)	it has at least 100 members;
	(iii)	its members have equal voting rights on a poll or at a meeting or equal voting rights to elect a representative to vote on their behalf;
	(iv)	its objects include the provision of health or welfare facilities or services for its members or their dependants;
	(v)	it provides pharmacy services;
	(vi)	the undistributed surplus of the friendly society would, in the event of the company being wound up, be distributed among its members at the time of winding up or transferred to another person or body with a similar structure and objects;
	(vii)	it is not carrying on business for the dominant purpose of securing a profit or pecuniary gain for its members;
	(viii)	any object or intention of the friendly society to provide a dividend to its shareholders or members is a limited and not dominant purpose of the friendly society;
	(ix)	the property and income of the friendly society are applied towards the objects of the friendly society;
	(c)	a company other than—
	(i)	Friendly Society Medical Association Limited; or
	(ii)	The Mount Gambier United Friendly Societies Dispensary Limited,
that carried on a pharmacy business on 1 August 1942 and has continued to do so since that date.
	(6)	A company referred to in subsection (5)(c) ceases to be a corporate pharmacy services provider if—
	(a)	a person who is not a pharmacist is appointed as a director of the company; or
	(b)	a person who is not a pharmacist or a prescribed relative of a pharmacist is appointed as a director of a related body corporate of the company; or
	(c)	any shares in the company are issued or transferred to a person who is not a pharmacist; or
	(d)	shares in a related body corporate of the company are issued or transferred to a person who is not a pharmacist or a prescribed relative of a pharmacist; or
	(e)	the company carries on the pharmacy business in the capacity of trustee of a trust and a person who is not a pharmacist or a prescribed relative of a pharmacist obtains a beneficial interest in the trust; or
	(f)	a person holds shares in the company, or a related body corporate of the company, in the capacity of trustee of a trust and a person who is not a pharmacist or a prescribed relative of a pharmacist obtains a beneficial interest in the trust; or
	(g)	a person other than a pharmacist or a prescribed relative of a pharmacist otherwise obtains a proprietary interest in the pharmacy business of the company or achieves a position in which the person may exercise control or substantial influence over the company in the conduct of its affairs.
	(7)	For the purposes of this Act, a person occupies a position of authority in a corporate pharmacy services provider if the person—
	(a)	is a director of the body corporate; or
	(b)	exercises, or is in a position to exercise, control or substantial influence over the body corporate in the conduct of its affairs; or
	(c)	manages, or is to manage, the business of the body corporate that consists of the provision of pharmacy services; or
	(d)	where the body corporate is a proprietary company—is a shareholder in the body corporate.
	(8)	For the purposes of this Act, a person occupies a position of authority in a body corporate other than a corporate pharmacy services provider if the person—
	(a)	is a director of the body corporate; or
	(b)	exercises, or is in a position to exercise, control or substantial influence over the body corporate in the conduct of its affairs; or
	(c)	where the body corporate is a proprietary company—is a shareholder in the body corporate.
	(9)	However, a minor who is a shareholder in a proprietary company is not, for that reason, to be regarded as a person occupying a position of authority.
	(10)	For the purposes of this Act, a person who holds more than 10 per cent of the issued share capital of a public company will be regarded as a person occupying a position of authority in that company.
4—Medical fitness to provide pharmacy services
A person or body must, in making a determination under this Act as to a person's medical fitness to provide pharmacy services, have regard to the question of whether the person is able to provide pharmacy services personally to a person without endangering the person's health or safety.

Part 2—Pharmacy Board of South Australia
Division 1—Establishment of Board
5—Establishment of Board
	(1)	The Pharmacy Board of South Australia is established.
	(2)	The Board—
	(a)	is a body corporate; and
	(b)	has perpetual succession and a common seal; and
	(c)	is capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name; and
	(d)	has all the powers of a natural person that are capable of being exercised by a body corporate; and
	(e)	has the functions and powers assigned or conferred by or under this Act.
	(3)	If a document appears to bear the common seal of the Board, it will be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that the common seal of the Board was duly affixed to the document.

Division 2—Board's membership
6—Composition of Board
	(1)	The Board consists of 9 members appointed by the Governor of whom—
	(a)	6 must be pharmacists of whom—
	(i)	1 will be nominated by the Minister; and
	(ii)	1 will be selected from a panel of 3 pharmacists nominated by the head of the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences at the University of South Australia; and
	(iii)	1 will be selected from a panel of 3 pharmacists nominated by The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SA Branch); and
	(iv)	1 will be selected from a panel of 3 pharmacists nominated by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (South Australian Branch) Incorporated; and
	(v)	1 will be selected from a panel of 3 pharmacists nominated by The Pharmacy Guild of Australia (SA Branch); and
	(vi)	1 will be selected from a panel of 3 pharmacists nominated by the Friendly Society Medical Association Limited; and
	(b)	3 must be persons nominated by the Minister of whom—
	(i)	1 will be a registered member of a health profession other than that of pharmacy; and
	(ii)	1 will be a legal practitioner; and
	(iii)	1 will be a person who is not eligible for appointment under a preceding provision of this subsection.
	(2)	At least 1 of the members of the Board must be a woman and 1 must be a man.
	(3)	The Governor may appoint a person to be a deputy of a member and a person so appointed may act as a member of the Board in the absence of the member.
	(4)	The requirements of qualification and nomination (if applicable) made by this section in relation to the appointment of a member extend to the appointment of a deputy of that member.
7—Terms and conditions of membership
	(1)	A member of the Board will be appointed on conditions determined by the Governor and for a term, not exceeding 3 years, specified in the instrument of appointment and, at the expiration of a term of appointment, is eligible for reappointment.
	(2)	However, a member of the Board may not hold office for consecutive terms that exceed 9 years in total.
	(3)	The Governor may remove a member of the Board from office—
	(a)	for breach of, or non-compliance with, a condition of appointment; or
	(b)	for misconduct; or
	(c)	for failure or incapacity to carry out official duties satisfactorily.
	(4)	The office of a member of the Board becomes vacant if the member—
	(a)	dies; or
	(b)	completes a term of office and is not reappointed; or
	(c)	resigns by written notice to the Minister; or
	(d)	ceases to satisfy the qualification by virtue of which the member was eligible for appointment to the Board; or
	(e)	is disqualified from managing corporations under Chapter 2D Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth; or
	(f)	is removed from office under subsection (3).
	(5)	If a member of the Board is a member constituting the Board for the purposes of any proceedings under Part 4 and the member's term of office expires, or the member resigns, before those proceedings are completed, the member may, for the purpose of continuing and completing those proceedings, continue to act as a member of the Board.
8—Presiding member and deputy
The Minister must, after consultation with the Board, appoint a member who is a pharmacist (the presiding member) to preside at meetings of the Board and another member who is a pharmacist (the deputy presiding member) to preside at meetings of the Board in the absence of the presiding member.
9—Vacancies or defects in appointment of members
An act or proceeding of the Board is not invalid by reason only of a vacancy in its membership or a defect in the appointment of a member.
10—Remuneration
A member of the Board is entitled to remuneration, allowances and expenses determined by the Governor.

Division 3—Registrar and staff of Board
11—Registrar of Board
	(1)	There will be a Registrar of the Board.
	(2)	The Registrar will be appointed by the Board on terms and conditions determined by the Board.
12—Other staff of Board
	(1)	There will be such other staff of the Board as the Board thinks necessary for the proper performance of its functions.
	(2)	A member of the staff of the Board is not, as such, a member of the Public Service, but the Board may employ a person who is on leave from employment in the Public Service or with an instrumentality or agency of the Crown.
	(3)	The Board may, with the approval of the Minister administering an administrative unit of the Public Service, make use of the services, facilities or officers of that unit.

Division 4—General functions and powers
13—Functions of Board
	(1)	The functions of the Board are as follows:
	(a)	to oversee the practice of pharmacy in the public interest;
	(b)	to approve, after consultation with authorities considered appropriate by the Board, courses of education or training that provide qualifications for registration under this Act;
	(c)	to determine, after consultation with authorities considered appropriate by the Board, the requirements necessary for registration of persons and premises under this Act;
	(d)	to establish and maintain the registers contemplated by this Act;
	(e)	to prepare or endorse, subject to the approval of the Minister, practice rules establishing a scheme for further education, training and experience for pharmacists and governing the issue of practising certificates and the imposition of, and evidence of compliance with, conditions of practising certificates, as contemplated by Part 3 Division 3;
	(f)	to prepare or endorse, subject to the approval of the Minister, codes of conduct or professional standards for registered persons or codes of conduct for pharmacy services providers;
	(g)	to establish administrative processes for handling complaints received against registered persons, pharmacy services providers or persons who occupy positions of authority in corporate pharmacy services providers (which may include processes under which the registered person, provider or person who occupies the position voluntarily enters into an undertaking);
	(h)	to provide advice to the Minister as the Board considers appropriate;
	(i)	to carry out other functions assigned to the Board by or under this Act, or by the Minister.
	(2)	The Board must perform its functions under this Act with the object of protecting the health and safety of the public by achieving and maintaining high professional standards both of competence and conduct in the provision of pharmacy services in this State.
	(3)	If the Minister approves practice rules or a code of conduct or professional standard prepared or endorsed by the Board, the Board must—
	(a)	cause a copy of the rules, code or standard to be published in the Gazette; and
	(b)	take reasonable steps to send a copy of the rules, code or standard to each registered person or pharmacy services provider to whom it applies; and
	(c)	ensure that a copy of the rules, code or standard is published on the internet and kept available for public inspection without charge during normal office hours at the principal office of the Board,
(although proof of compliance with paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) is not necessary for the purposes of any proceedings that involve an alleged contravention of or failure to comply with the rules or a code of conduct or professional standard).
	(4)	The administrative processes established by the Board for handling complaints received against registered persons, pharmacy services providers or persons who occupy positions of authority in corporate pharmacy services providers must be designed—
	(a)	to be fair to both the aggrieved person and the respondent; and
	(b)	to keep both the aggrieved person and the respondent properly informed about the steps taken by the Board in response to the complaint; and
	(c)	to provide, where appropriate, opportunities for the clarification of any misapprehension or misunderstanding between the aggrieved person and the respondent; and
	(d)	to keep both the aggrieved person and the respondent properly informed about the outcome of the processes; and
	(e)	to take into account the needs of particular classes of persons who may otherwise suffer disadvantage in the conduct of those processes.
14—Committees
	(1)	The Board may establish committees—
	(a)	to advise the Board or the Registrar on any matter; or
	(b)	to carry out functions on behalf of the Board.
	(2)	The membership of a committee will be determined by the Board and may, but need not, consist of, or include, members of the Board.
	(3)	The Board will determine who will be the presiding member of a committee.
	(4)	The procedures to be observed in relation to the conduct of the business of a committee will be—
	(a)	as determined by the Board; and
	(b)	insofar as a procedure is not determined under paragraph (a)—as determined by the committee.
15—Delegations
	(1)	The Board may delegate any of its functions or powers under this Act other than—
	(a)	this power of delegation; and
	(b)	the power to hear and determine proceedings under Part 4.
	(2)	A delegation—
	(a)	may be made—
	(i)	to a member of the Board, the Registrar or an employee of the Board; or
	(ii)	to a committee established by the Board; and
	(b)	may be made subject to conditions and limitations specified in the instrument of delegation; and
	(c)	is revocable at will and does not derogate from the power of the Board to act in a matter.

Division 5—Board's procedures
16—Board's procedures
	(1)	Subject to this Act, 5 members constitute a quorum of the Board.
	(2)	A meeting of the Board (other than for the purposes of hearing and determining proceedings under Part 4) will be chaired by the presiding member or, in his or her absence, by the deputy presiding member and, in the absence of both the presiding member and the deputy presiding member, the members present at a meeting of the Board must choose 1 of their number to preside at the meeting.
	(3)	A decision carried by a majority of the votes cast by members of the Board at a meeting is a decision of the Board.
	(4)	Each member present at a meeting of the Board has 1 vote on any question arising for decision and, except in hearing and determining proceedings under Part 4, the member presiding at the meeting may exercise a casting vote if the votes are equal.
	(5)	A conference by telephone or other electronic means between the members of the Board will, for the purposes of this section, be taken to be a meeting of the Board at which the participating members are present if—
	(a)	notice of the conference is given to all members in the manner determined by the Board for the purpose; and
	(b)	each participating member is capable of communicating with every other participating member during the conference.
	(6)	A proposed resolution of the Board becomes a valid decision of the Board despite the fact that it is not voted on at a meeting of the Board if—
	(a)	notice of the proposed resolution is given to all members of the Board in accordance with procedures determined by the Board; and
	(b)	a majority of the members express concurrence in the proposed resolution by letter, telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other written communication setting out the terms of the resolution.
	(7)	However, subsections (5) and (6) do not apply in relation to the hearing and determination of proceedings under Part 4 by the Board as constituted for the purposes of proceedings under that Part.
	(8)	The Board must have accurate minutes kept of its meetings.
	(9)	Subject to this Act, the Board may determine its own procedures.
17—Conflict of interest under Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act
A member of the Board will not be taken to have a direct or indirect interest in a matter for the purposes of the Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act 1995 by reason only of the fact that the member has an interest in the matter that is shared in common with pharmacists generally or a substantial section of pharmacists in this State.
18—Powers of Board in relation to witnesses etc
	(1)	For the purposes of proceedings before the Board (including an application for registration or reinstatement of registration), the Board may—
	(a)	by summons signed on behalf of the Board by a member of the Board or the Registrar, require the attendance before the Board of a person whom the Board thinks fit to call before it; or
	(b)	by summons signed on behalf of the Board by a member of the Board or the Registrar, require the production of relevant documents, records or equipment and, in the case of a document or record that is not in the English language—
	(i)	a written translation of the document or record into English; and
	(ii)	a certificate signed by a translator approved by the Board certifying that the translation accurately reproduces in English the contents of the document or record; or
	(c)	inspect documents, records or equipment produced before it, and retain them for such reasonable period as it thinks fit, and make copies of the documents or records or their contents; or
	(d)	require a person to make an oath or affirmation (which may be administered by a member of the Board) to answer truthfully questions put by a member of the Board or a person appearing before the Board; or
	(e)	require a person appearing before the Board (whether summoned to appear or not) to answer questions put by a member of the Board or by a person appearing before the Board.
	(2)	On the receipt of an application for the issue of a summons under this section, a member or the Registrar may, without referring the matter to the Board, issue a summons on behalf of the Board.
	(3)	A person who—
	(a)	fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a summons issued to attend, or to produce documents, records or equipment, before the Board; or
	(b)	having been served with a summons to produce—
	(i)	a written translation of the document or record into English; and
	(ii)	a certificate signed by a translator approved by the Board certifying that the translation accurately reproduces in English the contents of the document or record,
fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the summons; or
	(c)	misbehaves before the Board, wilfully insults the Board or 1 or more of the members in the exercise of the member's official duties, or wilfully interrupts the proceedings of the Board; or
	(d)	refuses to be sworn or to affirm, or refuses or fails to answer truthfully a relevant question when required to do so by the Board,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
	(4)	A person who appears as a witness before the Board has the same protection as a witness in proceedings before the Supreme Court.
19—Principles governing proceedings
	(1)	In proceedings before the Board under this Act, the Board—
	(a)	is not bound by the rules of evidence and may inform itself on any matter as it thinks fit; and
	(b)	must act according to equity, good conscience and the substantial merits of the case without regard to technicalities and legal forms.
	(2)	In proceedings before the Board under this Act, the Board must keep the parties to the proceedings properly informed as to the progress and outcome of the proceedings.
20—Representation at proceedings before Board
A party to proceedings before the Board (including an applicant for registration or reinstatement of registration) is entitled to be represented at the hearing of those proceedings.
21—Costs
	(1)	The Board may award such costs against a party to proceedings before it as the Board considers just and reasonable.
	(2)	A party who is dissatisfied with the amount of the costs awarded by the Board may request a Master of the District Court to tax the costs and, after taxing the costs, the Master may confirm or vary the amount of the costs awarded by the Board.
	(3)	Costs awarded by the Board under this section may be recovered as a debt.

Division 6—Accounts, audit and annual report
22—Accounts and audit
	(1)	The Board must keep proper accounting records in relation to its financial affairs, and must have annual statements of account prepared in respect of each financial year.
	(2)	The accounts must be audited at least once in every year by an auditor approved by the Auditor-General and appointed by the Board.
	(3)	The Auditor-General may at any time audit the accounts of the Board.
23—Annual report
	(1)	The Board must, on or before 30 September in each year, deliver to the Minister a report on the administration of this Act and the work of the Board during the financial year ending on the preceding 30 June.
	(2)	The report must—
	(a)	include the following information in relation to the relevant financial year:
	(i)	the number and nature of complaints received by the Board against registered persons, pharmacy services providers and persons who occupy positions of authority in corporate pharmacy services providers;
	(ii)	the number and nature of voluntary undertakings given to the Board by registered persons, pharmacy services providers and persons who occupy positions of authority in corporate pharmacy services providers;
	(iii)	the outcomes of proceedings before the Board under Part 4;
	(iv)	information prescribed by the regulations; and
	(b)	incorporate the audited accounts of the Board for the relevant financial year.
	(3)	The Minister must, within 12 sitting days after receiving a report under this section, have copies of the report laid before both Houses of Parliament.

Part 3—Registration and practice
Division 1—Registers
24—Registers
	(1)	The Registrar must keep the following registers:
	(a)	a pharmacy student register;
	(b)	a register of pharmacists;
	(c)	a register of persons who have been removed from the pharmacy student register or the register of pharmacists under this Act or any other Act or law or former Act or law and who have not been reinstated to that register;
	(d)	a register of pharmacies;
	(e)	a register of pharmacy depots.
	(2)	The pharmacy student register or the register of pharmacists must include, in relation to each person on the register—
	(a)	the person's full name and nominated contact address; and
	(b)	the qualifications for registration held by the person; and
	(c)	particulars of any condition of registration or limitation that affects or restricts the person's right to provide pharmacy services; and
	(d)	information prescribed by the regulations,
and may include other information as the Board thinks fit.
	(3)	A registered person must, within 1 month after changing his or her name or nominated contact address, inform the Registrar in writing of the change.
Maximum penalty: $250.
	(4)	The register referred to in subsection (1)(c)—
	(a)	must not include any person who is dead; and
	(b)	must include, in relation to each person on the register, a statement of—
	(i)	the register from which the person was removed; and
	(ii)	the reason for removal of the person; and
	(iii)	the date of removal; and
	(iv)	if the removal was consequent on suspension—the duration of the suspension; and
	(v)	if the person has been disqualified from being registered on a register—the duration of the disqualification; and
	(c)	must have deleted from it all information relating to any person who has been reinstated on the register from which the person was removed.
	(5)	The register of pharmacies must include, in relation to each premises on the register—
	(a)	the address of the premises; and
	(b)	the full name and nominated contact address of the person who carries on a pharmacy business at the premises; and
	(c)	information prescribed by the regulations,
and may include such other information as the Board thinks fit.
	(6)	The register of pharmacy depots must include, in relation to each premises on the register—
	(a)	the address of the premises; and
	(b)	information prescribed by the regulations,
and may include such other information as the Board thinks fit.
	(7)	A person must, within 1 month after ceasing to carry on a pharmacy business at a pharmacy, inform the Registrar in writing of that fact.
Maximum penalty: $250.
	(8)	The Registrar is responsible to the Board for the form and maintenance of the registers.
	(9)	The Registrar must correct an entry in a register that is not, or has ceased to be, correct.
	(10)	The registers must be kept available for inspection by any person during ordinary office hours at the office of the Registrar and the registers or extracts of the registers may be made available to the public by electronic means.
	(11)	A person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, obtain a copy of any part of a register kept under this Act.
	(12)	A certificate stating that a person was, or was not, registered on a particular register under this Act at a particular date or during a particular period and purporting to be signed by the Registrar will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be accepted in legal proceedings as proof of the registration, or of the fact that the person was not so registered, on the date or during the period stated in the certificate.
25—Authority conferred by registration
	(1)	Subject to any restrictions, limitations or conditions imposed under this Act—
	(a)	registration on the pharmacy student register authorises the person to provide pharmacy services in prescribed circumstances;
	(b)	registration on the register of pharmacists authorises the person to provide pharmacy services.
	(2)	In order to personally provide restricted pharmacy services a person registered on the register of pharmacists must hold a current practising certificate.

Division 2—Registration of pharmacists and pharmacy students
26—Registration of natural persons as pharmacists
	(1)	Subject to this Act, a natural person is eligible for registration on the register of pharmacists if the person, on application to the Board, satisfies the Board that he or she—
	(a)	has qualifications approved or recognised by the Board for the purposes of registration on that register; and
	(b)	has met the requirements determined by the Board to be necessary for the purposes of registration on that register; and
	(c)	is medically fit to provide pharmacy services of the kind authorised by registration on that register; and
	(d)	is, unless exempted by the Board, insured or indemnified in a manner and to an extent approved by the Board against civil liabilities that might be incurred by the person in connection with the provision of pharmacy services as a pharmacist; and
	(e)	is a fit and proper person to be registered on that register.
	(2)	If a person who applies for registration, or reinstatement of registration, on the register of pharmacists—
	(a)	does not, in the opinion of the Board, have the necessary qualifications or experience required for registration on that register; or
	(b)	is not, in the opinion of the Board, medically fit to provide pharmacy services of the kind authorised by registration on that register; or
	(c)	is not, in the opinion of the Board, a fit and proper person to be registered on that register,
the Board may register the person on that register in pursuance of this subsection (limited registration)—
	(d)	in order to enable the person—
	(i)	to do whatever is necessary to become eligible for full registration under this Act; or
	(ii)	to teach or to undertake research or study in this State; or
	(e)	if, in its opinion, it would otherwise be in the public interest to do so.
	(3)	In registering a person under subsection (2) the Board may impose 1 or more of the following conditions on the registration:
	(a)	a condition restricting the places or times at which the pharmacist may provide pharmacy services;
	(b)	a condition limiting the kind of pharmacy services that the pharmacist may provide;
	(c)	a condition limiting the period during which the registration will have effect;
	(d)	a condition requiring that the pharmacist be supervised in the provision of pharmacy services by a particular person or by a person of a particular class;
	(e)	such other conditions as the Board thinks fit.
27—Registration of pharmacy students
	(1)	A person is not entitled to—
	(a)	undertake a course of study that provides qualifications for registration on the register of pharmacists; or
	(b)	provide pharmacy services as part of a course of study related to pharmacy being undertaken by the person in a place outside the State,
unless the person is registered under this section as a pharmacy student.
	(2)	A person is eligible for registration as a pharmacy student on the pharmacy student register if the person, on application to the Board, satisfies the Board that he or she—
	(a)	genuinely requires registration on that register—
	(i)	to enable the person to undertake a course of study that provides qualifications for registration on the general register; or
	(ii)	to enable the person to provide pharmacy services as part of a course of study related to pharmacy being undertaken by the person in a place outside the State; and
	(b)	is medically fit to provide pharmacy services of the kind authorised by registration on the pharmacy student register; and
	(c)	is a fit and proper person to be registered on the pharmacy student register.
	(3)	If a person who applies for registration, or reinstatement of registration, on the pharmacy student register is not, in the opinion of the Board, medically fit to provide pharmacy services of the kind authorised by registration on that register, the Board may register the person on that register in pursuance of this subsection (limited student registration) and impose 1 or more of the following conditions on the registration:
	(a)	a condition limiting the kind of pharmacy services that the person may provide;
	(b)	a condition limiting the period during which the registration will have effect;
	(c)	a condition requiring that the person be supervised in the provision of pharmacy services by a particular person or by a person of a particular class;
	(d)	such other conditions as the Board thinks fit.
28—Application for registration and provisional registration
	(1)	An application for registration must—
	(a)	be made to the Board in the manner and form approved by the Board; and
	(b)	be accompanied by the registration fee fixed under this Act.
	(2)	An applicant for registration must, if the Board so requires, provide the Board with specified information to enable the Board to determine the application.
	(3)	The Board may require an applicant for registration—
	(a)	to submit a medical report or other evidence acceptable to the Board as to the applicant's medical fitness to provide pharmacy services of the kind authorised by registration on the register to which the application relates; or
	(b)	to obtain additional qualifications or experience specified by the Board before the Board determines the application.
	(4)	If it appears likely to the Registrar that the Board will grant an application for registration, the Registrar may provisionally register the applicant (provisional registration).
	(5)	Provisional registration remains in force until the Board determines the application.
	(6)	The registration by the Board under this Act of a person who was provisionally registered has effect from the commencement of the provisional registration.
29—Removal from register
	(1)	The Registrar must, on application by a registered person, remove the person from the register to which the application relates.
	(2)	The Registrar must remove from the appropriate register a person—
	(a)	who dies; or
	(b)	who ceases to hold a qualification required for registration on that register; or
	(c)	who ceases for any other reason to be entitled to be registered on that register; or
	(d)	who completes, or ceases to be enrolled in, the course of study that formed the basis for the person's registration on the pharmacy student register; or
	(e)	whose registration on that register has been suspended or cancelled under this Act.
	(3)	The Registrar may act under subsection (2) without giving prior notice to the relevant person.
30—Reinstatement on register
	(1)	A person who has been removed from a register under this Act—
	(a)	on his or her application; or
	(b)	on account of failure to pay the annual fee or to furnish the return required under section 31; or
	(c)	on account of failure to pay a fine imposed on the person by the Board under this Act; or
	(d)	on account of the person—
	(i)	ceasing to hold a qualification required for registration on that register or otherwise ceasing to be entitled to be registered on that register; or
	(ii)	ceasing to be enrolled in the course of study that formed the basis for the person's registration on the pharmacy student register,
may apply to the Board at any time for reinstatement on that register.
	(2)	A person whose registration on a register has been suspended may apply to the Board for reinstatement on that register (but not, in the case of an order for suspension for a specified period, until after the expiry of that period).
	(3)	A person who has been disqualified from being registered on a register under this Act may, subject to the terms of the order for disqualification, apply to the Board for reinstatement on that register.
	(4)	An application for reinstatement must—
	(a)	be made to the Board in the manner and form approved by the Board; and
	(b)	be accompanied by the reinstatement fee fixed under this Act.
	(5)	An applicant for reinstatement must, if the Board so requires, provide the Board with specified information to enable the Board to determine the application.
	(6)	The Board may require an applicant for reinstatement of registration—
	(a)	to submit a medical report or other evidence acceptable to the Board as to the applicant's medical fitness to provide pharmacy services of the kind authorised by registration on the register to which the application relates; or
	(b)	to obtain additional qualifications or experience specified by the Board before the Board determines the application.
	(7)	Subject to this section, the Board must reinstate on the appropriate register an applicant under this section if satisfied that the applicant is eligible for registration on that register.
	(8)	The Board may refuse to reinstate the applicant on the appropriate register until all complaints (if any) laid against the applicant under this Act have been finally disposed of.
31—Fees and returns
	(1)	Subject to this Act, a person will not be registered, nor will a registration be reinstated, until the registration or reinstatement fee, and the annual fee, fixed under this Act have been paid.
	(2)	A registered person must, in each calendar year before the date fixed for that purpose by the Board—
	(a)	pay to the Board the annual fee fixed under this Act; and
	(b)	furnish the Board with a return, in a form approved by the Board, containing all information specified in the return relating to the provision of pharmacy services by the person, and compliance with conditions of the person's practising certificate, during the preceding year or to any other matter relevant to the person's registration under this Act.
	(3)	The Board may, without further notice, remove from the appropriate register a person who fails to pay the annual fee or furnish the required return by the due date.

Division 3—Practising certificates
32—Issue of practising certificate
The Board will, on application, issue a practising certificate to a pharmacist.
33—Conditions of practising certificate
	(1)	A practising certificate will, if the practice rules so require, be issued subject to conditions determined by the Board—
	(a)	requiring the holder of the certificate to undertake or obtain further education, training and experience required or determined under the rules; and
	(b)	limiting the kind of pharmacy services that the holder of the certificate may provide until that further education, training and experience is completed or obtained.
	(2)	If an applicant for a practising certificate has not held a practising certificate during the period of 12 months immediately preceding the making of the application, or the Board is satisfied that the applicant has not complied with the conditions of a practising certificate held by the applicant during that period, the Board may, in accordance with the practice rules, do either or both of the following:
	(a)	before issuing a practising certificate, require the applicant to undertake or obtain further education, training and experience specified by the Board;
	(b)	impose 1 or more of the following additional conditions on the applicant's practising certificate:
	(i)	a condition restricting the places and times at which the applicant may provide pharmacy services;
	(ii)	a condition limiting the kind of pharmacy services that the applicant may provide;
	(iii)	a condition requiring that the applicant be supervised in the provision of pharmacy services by a particular person or by a person of a particular class;
	(iv)	such other conditions as the Board thinks fit.
34—Duration of practising certificate
A practising certificate remains in force from the date specified in it until the next date for payment of the annual fee fixed by the Board under section 31, unless the certificate is sooner cancelled.
35—Application for practising certificate
	(1)	An application for a practising certificate must—
	(a)	be made to the Board in the manner and form approved by the Board; and
	(b)	be accompanied by the fee fixed under this Act.
	(2)	An applicant for a practising certificate must, if the Board so requires, provide the Board with specified information to enable the Board to determine the application.
36—Non-compliance with conditions of practising certificate
If a pharmacist fails to satisfy the Board, in accordance with the practice rules, of compliance with the conditions of his or her practising certificate, the Board may, by written notice to the pharmacist—
	(a)	impose further conditions on the practising certificate of a kind referred to in section 33; or
	(b)	cancel the practising certificate and disqualify the pharmacist from holding a practising certificate for a specified period, until the fulfilment of specified conditions or until further order.

Division 4—Pharmacies and pharmacy depots
37—Registration of premises as pharmacy
	(1)	A person must not provide restricted pharmacy services except at premises registered as a pharmacy under this section.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
	(2)	The registered premises must incorporate areas used for any business carried on in association with the provision of pharmacy services.
	(3)	If, on application made to the Board for the registration of premises as a pharmacy, the Board is satisfied that the premises and its location comply with—
	(a)	the requirements of the regulations; and
	(b)	the requirements determined by the Board to be necessary for the registration of the premises as a pharmacy,
the Board must, subject to subsection (5), register the premises.
	(4)	Registration under this section remains in force until 31 December next ensuing after the grant of registration and may from time to time be renewed for successive periods of 1 year expiring on 31 December.
	(5)	The Board must not register, or renew the registration of, premises as a pharmacy unless it is satisfied that members of the public cannot directly access the premises from within the premises of a supermarket.
	(6)	The Board may refuse to renew the registration of premises as a pharmacy if not satisfied that the premises and its location comply with the requirements of the regulations or the requirements determined by the Board to be necessary for the registration of the premises as a pharmacy.
	(7)	An application for registration or renewal of registration under this section must—
	(a)	be made to the Board in the manner and form approved by the Board; and
	(b)	be accompanied by the registration fee fixed under this Act.
	(8)	An applicant for registration or renewal of registration must, if the Board so requires, provide the Board with specified information to enable the Board to determine the application.
	(9)	This section does not apply in relation to the dispensing of drugs or medicines by a medical practitioner in the ordinary course of his or her profession.
	(10)	In this section—
supermarket has the meaning assigned by the regulations.
38—Restriction on number of pharmacies
	(1)	Friendly Society Medical Association Limited must not provide pharmacy services at more than 40 pharmacies in this State.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
	(2)	A person other than a friendly society must not provide pharmacy services at more than 6 pharmacies in this State.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
	(3)	A friendly society other than Friendly Society Medical Association Limited must not commence to provide pharmacy services at a pharmacy if friendly societies other than Friendly Society Medical Association Limited already provide pharmacy services at 9 pharmacies in this State or, if another number of pharmacies is prescribed, that number (as recorded on the register of pharmacies).
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
	(4)	In determining the number of pharmacies at which a natural person provides pharmacy services, pharmacies at which the person provides pharmacy services as a natural person and pharmacies at which bodies corporate in which the person occupies a position of authority provide pharmacy services must be taken into account.
39—Supervision of pharmacies by pharmacists
A person who carries on a pharmacy business must ensure that a pharmacist is in attendance and available for consultation by members of the public at each pharmacy at which the business is carried on while the pharmacy is open to the public unless—
	(a)	restricted pharmacy services or prescribed pharmacy services are not offered to members of the public; and
	(b)	access to those areas of the pharmacy used for the provision of restricted pharmacy services or prescribed pharmacy services is physically prevented.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
40—Certain other businesses not to be carried on at pharmacy
A person must not, at a pharmacy, carry on a business consisting of or involving—
	(a)	the sale of alcohol or tobacco products; or
	(b)	the sale of animals; or
	(c)	the preparation of food or beverages for sale or consumption; or
	(d)	a prescribed activity.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
41—Registration of premises as pharmacy depot
	(1)	A person must not use premises outside Metropolitan Adelaide as a pharmacy depot unless the premises are registered as a pharmacy depot under this section.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
	(2)	If, on application made to the Board for the registration of premises as a pharmacy depot, the Board is satisfied that—
	(a)	the premises comply with the regulations; and
	(b)	the premises comply with the requirements determined by the Board to be necessary for the registration of premises as a pharmacy depot,
the Board must register the premises.
	(3)	Registration under this section remains in force until 31 December next ensuing after the grant of registration and may from time to time be renewed for successive periods of 1 year expiring on 31 December.
	(4)	The Board may refuse to renew the registration of premises as a pharmacy depot if not satisfied that the premises comply with the regulations or the requirements determined by the Board to be necessary for the registration of the premises as a pharmacy depot.
	(5)	An applicant for registration or renewal of registration must, if the Board so requires, provide the Board with specified information to enable the Board to determine the application.

Division 5—Special provisions relating to pharmacy services providers
42—Information to be given to Board by pharmacy services providers
	(1)	A pharmacy services provider must—
	(a)	in the case of a person who was a pharmacy services provider immediately before the commencement of this section—within 60 days of that commencement; and
	(b)	in any other case—within 60 days of becoming a pharmacy services provider,
give written notice to the Board of—
	(c)	the provider's full name and business or (in the case of a corporation) registered address; and
	(d)	the address of the premises at which the provider provides pharmacy services; and
	(e)	the full names and nominated contact addresses of the pharmacists through the instrumentality of whom the provider is providing pharmacy services; and
	(f)	in the case of a corporate pharmacy services provider—the full names and addresses of all persons who occupy a position of authority in the provider.
	(2)	The provider must, within 30 days of any change occurring in the particulars required to be given under subsection (1), inform the Board in writing of the change.
	(3)	A person who contravenes or fails to comply with this section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
	(4)	The Board must keep a record of information provided to the Board under this section available for inspection, on payment of the prescribed fee, by any person during ordinary office hours at the office of the Board and may make the record available to the public by electronic means.

Division 6—Restrictions relating to provision of pharmacy services
43—Only qualified persons and corporate pharmacy services providers able to provide restricted pharmacy services
	(1)	A person must not provide a restricted pharmacy service unless—
	(a)	in the case of a natural person—
	(i)	he or she is a qualified person and provides the service personally or through the instrumentality of a natural person who is a qualified person; or
	(ii)	he or she is a pharmacist who does not hold a current practising certificate and provides the service through the instrumentality of a natural person who is a qualified person;
	(b)	in the case of a body corporate—
	(i)	the body corporate is a corporate pharmacy services provider; and
	(ii)	the body corporate provides the service through the instrumentality of a natural person who is a qualified person.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
	(2)	Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to—
	(a)	a restricted pharmacy service provided by a natural person who is an unqualified person if—
	(i)	the person carried on a pharmacy business before 20 April 1972 and has continued to do so since that date; and
	(ii)	the service is provided through the instrumentality of a natural person who is a qualified person; or
	(b)	a restricted pharmacy service provided by the personal representative of a deceased pharmacist or person referred to in paragraph (a) if—
	(i)	the service is provided for a period of not more than 1 year (or such longer period as the Board may allow); and
	(ii)	the service is provided through the instrumentality of a natural person who is a qualified person; or
	(c)	a restricted pharmacy service provided by the official receiver of a bankrupt or insolvent pharmacist if—
	(i)	the service is provided for a period of not more than 1 year (or such longer period as the Board may allow); and
	(ii)	the service is provided through the instrumentality of a natural person who is a qualified person; or
	(d)	a restricted pharmacy service provided by a person vested by law with power to administer the affairs of a corporate pharmacy services provider that is being wound up or is under administration, receivership or official management if—
	(i)	the service is provided for a period of not more than 1 year (or such longer period as the Board may allow); and
	(ii)	the service is provided through the instrumentality of a natural person who is a qualified person.
	(3)	Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a restricted pharmacy service provided by—
	(a)	an unqualified person in prescribed circumstances; or
	(b)	a person pursuant to an exemption under subsection (4).
	(4)	The Governor may, by proclamation, exempt a person from subsection (1) if of the opinion that good reason exists for doing so in the particular circumstances of the case.
	(5)	An exemption under subsection (4) may be subject to such conditions as the Governor thinks fit and specifies in the proclamation.
	(6)	A person who contravenes, or fails to comply with, a condition of an exemption under this section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
	(7)	The Governor may, by proclamation, vary or revoke a proclamation under this section.
	(8)	In this section—
qualified person, in relation to a restricted pharmacy service, means—
	(a)	a person who holds a current practising certificate and is authorised by or under this Act to provide such a service; or
	(b)	a person authorised by or under any other Act to provide such a service.
44—Illegal holding out as registered person
	(1)	A person must not hold himself or herself out as a registered pharmacy student or a pharmacist, or permit another person to do so, unless registered on the appropriate register.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
	(2)	A person must not hold out another as a registered pharmacy student or a pharmacist unless the other person is registered on the appropriate register.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
45—Illegal holding out concerning limitations or conditions
	(1)	A person whose registration is limited or subject to a condition under this Act must not hold himself or herself out as having a registration that is not limited or not subject to a condition or permit another person to do so.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
	(2)	A person must not hold out another whose registration is limited or subject to a condition under this Act as having a registration that is not limited or not subject to a condition.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
46—Use of certain titles or descriptions prohibited
	(1)	A person who is not registered on the appropriate register must not use a prescribed word, or its derivatives, to describe himself or herself or a service that he or she provides.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
	(2)	A person must not, in the course of advertising or promoting a service that he or she provides, use a prescribed word, or its derivatives, to describe a person who is engaged in the provision of the service but is not registered on the appropriate register.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
	(3)	A person must not, in the course of carrying on a business, use the word "pharmacy" to describe premises that are not registered as a pharmacy or pharmacy depot under this Act.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
	(4)	In this section—
prescribed word means—
	(a)	in relation to registration on the pharmacy student register—registered pharmacy student;
	(b)	in relation to registration on the register of pharmacists—
	(i)	pharmacist; or
	(ii)	pharmaceutical chemist; or
	(iii)	homoeopathic chemist; or
	(iv)	dispensing chemist; or
	(v)	dispensing druggist; or
	(vi)	chemist and druggist;
	(c)	any other word or expression prescribed by the regulations.

Part 4—Investigations and proceedings
Division 1—Preliminary
47—Interpretation
In this Part—
	(a)	a reference to occupier of a position of authority includes a reference to a person who is not but who was, at the relevant time, the occupier of a position of authority;
	(b)	a reference to pharmacy services provider includes a reference to a person who is not but who was, at the relevant time, a pharmacy services provider;
	(c)	a reference to registered person includes a reference to a person who is not but who was, at the relevant time, a registered person under this Act or the repealed Act.
48—Cause for disciplinary action
	(1)	There is proper cause for disciplinary action against a registered person if—
	(a)	the person's registration was improperly obtained; or
	(b)	the person is guilty of unprofessional conduct; or
	(c)	the person is for any reason no longer a fit and proper person to be registered on the appropriate register.
	(2)	There is proper cause for disciplinary action against a pharmacy services provider if—
	(a)	the provider has contravened or failed to comply with a provision of this Act; or
	(b)	there has been, in connection with the provision of pharmacy services by the provider, a contravention or failure to comply with a code of conduct under this Act applying to the provider; or
	(c)	the provider or any person employed or engaged by the provider has, in connection with the provision of pharmacy services by the provider, engaged in conduct that would, if the person were a registered person, constitute unprofessional conduct; or
	(d)	the provider is for any reason not a fit and proper person to be a pharmacy services provider; or
	(e)	in the case of a corporate pharmacy services provider, an occupier of a position of authority in the provider—
	(i)	has contravened or failed to comply with a provision of this Act; or
	(ii)	has, in connection with the provision of pharmacy services by the provider, engaged in conduct that would, if the person were a registered person, constitute unprofessional conduct; or
	(iii)	is for any reason not a fit and proper person to occupy a position of authority in a corporate pharmacy services provider.
	(3)	There is proper cause for disciplinary action against the occupier of a position of authority in a corporate pharmacy services provider if—
	(a)	the person has contravened or failed to comply with a provision of this Act; or
	(b)	the person has, in connection with the provision of pharmacy services by the provider, engaged in conduct that would, if the person were a registered person, constitute unprofessional conduct; or
	(c)	the person is for any reason not a fit and proper person to occupy a position of authority in a corporate pharmacy services provider; or
	(d)	—
	(i)	the provider has contravened or failed to comply with a provision of this Act; or
	(ii)	there has been, in connection with the provision of pharmacy services by the provider, a contravention or failure to comply with a code of conduct under this Act applying to the provider; or
	(iii)	the provider, or any person employed or engaged by the provider, has, in connection with the provision of pharmacy services by the provider, engaged in conduct that would, if the provider or the person were a registered person, constitute unprofessional conduct,
unless it is proved that the person could not, by the exercise of reasonable care, have prevented the contravention, failure to comply or conduct.

Division 2—Investigations
49—Powers of inspectors
	(1)	If there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—
	(a)	that there is proper cause for disciplinary action against a person; or
	(b)	that a pharmacist or pharmacy student is medically unfit to provide pharmacy services; or
	(c)	that a person is guilty of an offence against this Act,
an inspector may investigate the matter.
	(2)	An inspector may investigate whether the requirements determined by the Board to be necessary for the registration of premises as a pharmacy are met in relation to premises so registered by the Board.
	(3)	For the purposes of an investigation, an inspector may—
	(a)	at any reasonable time, enter and inspect premises of a registered person, a pharmacy or pharmacy depot or premises on which the inspector reasonably suspects an offence against this Act has been or is being committed; or
	(b)	with the authority of a warrant issued by a magistrate or in circumstances in which the inspector reasonably believes that immediate action is required, use reasonable force to break into or open any part of, or anything in or on any premises referred to in paragraph (a); or
	(c)	while on premises entered under paragraph (a) or (b), seize and retain anything found on the premises that the inspector reasonably believes may afford evidence relevant to the matters under investigation; or
	(d)	require any person who has possession of documents or records relevant to the matters under investigation to produce those documents or records for inspection, including written records that reproduce in a readily understandable form information kept by computer, microfilm or other process; or
	(e)	inspect any documents or records produced to the inspector and retain them for such reasonable period as the inspector thinks fit, and make copies of the documents or records; or
	(f)	require any person who is in a position to provide information relevant to the matters under investigation to answer any question put by the inspector in relation to those matters; or
	(g)	take photographs, films or video or audio recordings; or
	(h)	if the inspector reasonably suspects that an offence against this Act has been or is being committed, require the suspected offender to state his or her full name and address.
	(4)	An inspector must not exercise the power conferred by subsection (3)(a) in relation to residential premises except with the permission of the occupier of the premises or on the authority of a warrant issued by a magistrate.
	(5)	A magistrate must not issue a warrant under this section unless satisfied, by information given on oath, that the warrant is reasonably required in the circumstances.
	(6)	The person in charge of premises at the relevant time must give an inspector such assistance and provide such facilities as are necessary to enable the powers conferred by this section to be exercised.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
50—Offence to hinder etc inspector
A person who—
	(a)	hinders or obstructs an inspector in the exercise of powers conferred by this Act; or
	(b)	uses abusive, threatening or insulting language to an inspector; or
	(c)	refuses or fails to comply with a requirement of an inspector under this Act; or
	(d)	when required by an inspector to answer a question, refuses or fails to answer the question to the best of the person's knowledge, information and belief; or
	(e)	falsely represents, by words or conduct, that he or she is an inspector,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.

Division 3—Proceedings before Board
51—Obligation to report medical unfitness or unprofessional conduct of pharmacist or pharmacy student
	(1)	If—
	(a)	a health professional who has treated, or is treating, a patient who is a pharmacist or pharmacy student; or
	(b)	a person who provides pharmacy services through the instrumentality of a pharmacist or pharmacy student; or
	(c)	the person in charge of an educational institution at which a pharmacy student is enrolled in a course of study providing qualifications for registration on the register of pharmacists,
is of the opinion that the pharmacist or pharmacy student is or may be medically unfit to provide pharmacy services, the person must submit a written report to the Board setting out his or her reasons for that opinion and any other information required by the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
	(2)	If a person is of the opinion that a pharmacist or pharmacy student through whom the person provides pharmacy services has engaged in unprofessional conduct, the person must submit a written report to the Board setting out the person's reasons for that opinion and any other information required by the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
	(3)	The Board must cause a report made under this section to be investigated.
	(4)	In this section—
health professional means—
	(a)	a medical practitioner; or
	(b)	a psychologist; or
	(c)	any other person who belongs to a profession, or who has an occupation, declared by the Board, by notice in the Gazette, to be a profession or occupation within the ambit of this definition.
52—Medical fitness of pharmacist or pharmacy student
If—
	(a)	on the application of—
	(i)	the Registrar; or
	(ii)	the Minister; or
	(iii)	a representative body; or
	(b)	after an investigation under section 51 has been conducted,
the Board is satisfied, after due inquiry, that a pharmacist or pharmacy student is medically unfit to provide pharmacy services and that it is desirable in the public interest that an order be made under this section, the Board may, by order—
	(c)	suspend the person's registration until further order of the Board or for a specified period determined by the Board; or
	(d)	impose 1 or both of the following conditions on the person's registration:
	(i)	a condition restricting the person's right to provide pharmacy services;
	(ii)	a condition requiring the person to undergo counselling or treatment or to enter into any other undertaking.
53—Inquiries by Board as to matters constituting grounds for disciplinary action
	(1)	A complaint setting out matters that are alleged to constitute grounds for disciplinary action against a person may be laid before the Board (in a manner and form approved by the Board) by—
	(a)	the Registrar; or
	(b)	the Minister; or
	(c)	a representative body; or
	(d)	a person who is aggrieved by conduct of the person or, if the person aggrieved is a child or is suffering from a mental or physical incapacity, by a person acting on his or her behalf.
	(2)	If a complaint is laid under this section, the Board must inquire into the subject matter of the complaint unless the Board considers that the complaint is frivolous or vexatious.
	(3)	If a complaint has been laid under this section by or on behalf of an aggrieved person and the Board is satisfied that the complaint arose from a misapprehension on the part of the complainant or from a misunderstanding between the parties, it may, before proceeding further with the hearing of the complaint, require the parties to attend before the Registrar in order to clarify the misapprehension or misunderstanding.
	(4)	If, after conducting an inquiry under this section, the Board is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that there is proper cause for disciplinary action against the respondent, the Board may, by order, do 1 or more of the following:
	(a)	censure the respondent;
	(b)	require the respondent to pay to the Board a fine not exceeding $10 000;
	(c)	if the respondent is a registered person—
	(i)	impose conditions on the respondent's registration restricting the respondent's right to provide pharmacy services;
	(ii)	suspend the respondent's registration for a period not exceeding 1 year;
	(iii)	cancel the respondent's registration;
	(iv)	disqualify the respondent from being registered;
	(d)	prohibit the respondent from carrying on business as a pharmacy services provider;
	(e)	prohibit the respondent from occupying a position of authority in a corporate pharmacy services provider.
	(5)	The Board may—
	(a)	stipulate that a disqualification or prohibition under subsection (4) is to apply—
	(i)	permanently; or
	(ii)	for a specified period; or
	(iii)	until the fulfilment of specified conditions; or
	(iv)	until further order;
	(b)	stipulate that an order relating to a person is to have effect at a specified future time and impose conditions as to the conduct of the person or the person's business until that time.
	(6)	If—
	(a)	a person has been found guilty of an offence; and
	(b)	the circumstances of the offence form, in whole or in part, the subject matter of the complaint,
the person is not liable to a fine under this section in respect of conduct giving rise to the offence.
	(7)	The Board may—
	(a)	fix a period within which a fine imposed under this section must be paid;
	(b)	on application by a person liable to pay a fine imposed under this section, extend the period within which the fine must be paid.
	(8)	A fine imposed under this section is recoverable by the Board as a debt.
	(9)	The Board may, without further notice, remove from the appropriate register a person who fails to pay a fine imposed under this section.
54—Contravention of prohibition order
	(1)	If a person carries on business as a pharmacy services provider in contravention of an order of the Board, the person is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $75 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
	(2)	If a person occupies a position of authority in a corporate pharmacy services provider in contravention of an order of the Board, the person and the provider are each guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $75 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
	(3)	If a person contravenes or fails to comply with a condition imposed by the Board as to the conduct of the person or the person's business, the person is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $75 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
55—Register of prohibition orders
	(1)	The Registrar must keep a register of persons who have been prohibited by order of the Board under this Part from carrying on business as a pharmacy services provider or occupying a position of authority in a corporate pharmacy services provider.
	(2)	The register—
	(a)	must not include any person who is dead;
	(b)	must include, in relation to each person on the register—
	(i)	the person's full name and business address; and
	(ii)	particulars of the order.
	(3)	The Registrar is responsible to the Board for the form and maintenance of the register.
	(4)	The Registrar must correct an entry in the register that is not, or has ceased to be, correct.
	(5)	The register must be kept available for inspection by any person during ordinary office hours at the office of the Registrar and the register may be made available to the public by electronic means.
	(6)	A person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, obtain a copy of any part of the register.
56—Variation or revocation of conditions imposed by Board
	(1)	The Board may, at any time, on application by a registered person, vary or revoke a condition imposed by the Board in relation to the person's registration under this Act.
	(2)	The Registrar, the Minister and representative bodies are entitled to appear and be heard on an application under this section.
57—Constitution of Board for purpose of proceedings
	(1)	The Board will, for the purpose of hearing and determining proceedings under this Part, be constituted of 3 members, of whom—
	(a)	1 will be the member (or his or her deputy) who is a legal practitioner; and
	(b)	1 will be a member who is a pharmacist.
	(2)	The member referred to in subsection (1)(a) will preside over the proceedings.
	(3)	The members of the Board, other than the legal practitioner, will, for the purposes of any particular proceedings, be selected by the presiding member of the Board or, in the absence of the presiding member, the deputy presiding member.
	(4)	If a member of the Board as constituted under this section (other than the member presiding over the proceedings) dies or is for any other reason unable to continue with the proceedings, the Board constituted of the remaining members may, if the member presiding over the proceedings so determines, continue and complete the proceedings.
	(5)	Any questions of law or procedure arising before the Board will be determined by the member presiding over the proceedings and any other questions by unanimous or majority decision of the members.
	(6)	The Board constituted of the member presiding over the proceedings may, sitting alone—
	(a)	deal with—
	(i)	preliminary, interlocutory or procedural matters; or
	(ii)	questions of costs; or
	(iii)	questions of law; or
	(b)	enter consent orders,
and may, for that purpose or as a consequence, while sitting alone, make any determination or order (including a final order) that the member considers appropriate.
58—Provisions as to proceedings before Board
	(1)	Subject to this Act, the Board must give to all of the parties to proceedings before the Board under this Part at least 14 days' written notice of the time and place at which it intends to conduct the proceedings, and must afford to the parties a reasonable opportunity to call and give evidence, to examine or cross-examine witnesses, and to make submissions to the Board.
	(2)	However—
	(a)	the Board may, if it thinks special reasons exist for doing so, give a lesser period of written notice under subsection (1); and
	(b)	the Board may, if of the opinion that it is desirable to do so in the public interest—
	(i)	suspend the registration of the person the subject of the proceedings; or
	(ii)	impose conditions on the person's registration restricting the person's right to provide pharmacy services,
pending hearing and determination of the proceedings.
	(3)	The requirement to give written notice under subsection (1) does not extend to adjournments.
	(4)	If a party to whom notice has been given under subsection (1) does not attend at the time and place fixed by the notice, the Board may proceed to hear and determine the matter in the absence of that party.
	(5)	A person who is aggrieved by conduct that is the subject-matter of proceedings before the Board under this Part is, subject to any direction of the Board to the contrary, entitled to be present at the hearing of the proceedings.
	(6)	In the course of proceedings before the Board under this Part, the Board may—
	(a)	receive in evidence a transcript of evidence taken in proceedings before a court, tribunal or other body constituted under the law of South Australia or of any other State or a Territory of Australia or of another country, and draw any conclusions of fact from the evidence that it considers proper;
	(b)	adopt, as in its discretion it considers proper, any findings, decision, judgment, or reasons for judgment, of any such court, tribunal or body that may be relevant to the proceedings.
	(7)	The Board should conduct proceedings under this Part as expeditiously as possible.

Part 5—Appeals
59—Right of appeal to District Court
	(1)	An appeal lies to the District Court against—
	(a)	a refusal by the Board to register, or reinstate the registration of, a person under this Act; or
	(b)	a refusal by the Board to register, or renew the registration of, premises as a pharmacy or pharmacy depot under this Act; or
	(c)	the imposition by the Board of conditions on a person's registration under this Act; or
	(d)	a decision made by the Board under Part 3 Division 3; or
	(e)	a decision made by the Board in proceedings under Part 4.
	(2)	An appeal under subsection (1)(e) against a decision may be instituted by the complainant or the respondent in the proceedings in which the decision was made.
	(3)	An appeal must be instituted within 1 month of the date of the decision appealed against.
60—Operation of order may be suspended
	(1)	Where an order has been made by the Board, and the Board or the District Court is satisfied that an appeal against the order has been instituted, or is intended, it may suspend the operation of the order until the determination of the appeal.
	(2)	Where the Board has suspended the operation of an order under subsection (1), the Board may terminate the suspension, and where the District Court has done so, the Court may terminate the suspension.
61—Variation or revocation of conditions imposed by Court
	(1)	The District Court may, at any time, on application by a registered person, vary or revoke a condition imposed by the Court in relation to the person's registration under this Act.
	(2)	The Board, the Minister and representative bodies are entitled to appear and be heard on an application under this section.

Part 6—Miscellaneous
62—Offence to contravene conditions of registration
A person who contravenes, or fails to comply with, a condition imposed under this Act on the person's registration is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $75 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
63—Registered person etc must declare interest in prescribed business
	(1)	A registered person or prescribed relative of a registered person who has an interest in a prescribed business must—
	(a)	in the case of an interest that came into existence before the commencement of this section—within 1 month after the commencement of this section; or
	(b)	in any other case—within 1 month after the interest comes into existence,
give to the Board prescribed information relating to the interest and the manner in which it arose.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
	(2)	A registered person or prescribed relative of a registered person who has an interest in a prescribed business must, within 1 month after a change in the nature or extent of the interest, give to the Board prescribed information relating to the change.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
	(3)	If a registered person or prescribed relative of a registered person has an interest in a prescribed business, the registered person must not—
	(a)	refer a customer to, or recommend that a customer use, a health service provided by that business; or
	(b)	recommend that a customer use a health product manufactured, sold or supplied by that business,
unless the registered person has informed the customer, in writing, of the interest of the registered person or prescribed relative of the registered person in that business.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
	(4)	Subject to subsection (5), a person has an interest in a prescribed business for the purposes of this section if the person is likely to derive a financial benefit, whether directly or indirectly, from the profitable conduct of the business.
	(5)	For the purposes of subsection (4)—
	(a)	a financial benefit is not derived by a registered person if the benefit consists solely of reasonable fees payable to the registered person for pharmacy services provided to customers by the registered person; and
	(b)	a person does not have an interest in a prescribed business that is carried on by a public company if the interest consists only of a shareholding in the company of less than 5 per cent of the issued share capital of the company.
	(6)	It is a defence to proceedings for an offence against subsection (3) and to a charge of unprofessional conduct for failure to comply with that subsection for the defendant to prove that he or she did not know and could not reasonably have been expected to know that a prescribed relative had an interest in the prescribed business to which the referral or recommendation that is the subject of the proceedings relates.
	(7)	In this section—
health product means—
	(a)	a pharmaceutical product; or
	(b)	any other product declared by the regulations to be a health product for the purposes of this Part;
health service means—
	(a)	hospital, nursing home or aged care facility services; or
	(b)	medical, dental or pharmaceutical services; or
	(c)	chiropractic, occupational therapy, optometry, osteopathy, physiotherapy, podiatric or psychology services; or
	(d)	any other service declared by the regulations to be a health service for the purposes of this Part;
prescribed business means a business consisting of or involving—
	(a)	the provision of a health service; or
	(b)	the manufacture, sale or supply of a health product.
64—Improper directions to pharmacists or pharmacy students
	(1)	If a person who provides pharmacy services through the instrumentality of a pharmacist or pharmacy student directs or pressures the pharmacist or pharmacy student to engage in unprofessional conduct, the person is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $75 000.
	(2)	If a person who occupies a position of authority in a corporate pharmacy services provider directs or pressures a pharmacist or pharmacy student through whom the provider provides pharmacy services to engage in unprofessional conduct, the person and the provider are each guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $75 000.
	(3)	If—
	(a)	a pharmacy banner company; or
	(b)	a person who has, under a franchise or other commercial arrangement, a right to exercise a significant degree of control over a pharmacy business; or
	(c)	a person who supplies drugs or medicines to pharmacists,
directs or pressures a pharmacist to engage in unprofessional conduct, the company or person is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $75 000.
65—Procurement of registration by fraud
A person who, by fraud or any other dishonest means, procures registration or reinstatement of registration under this Act (whether for himself or herself or for another person) is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
66—Statutory declarations
If a person is required under this Act to furnish information to the Board, the Board may require that the information be verified by statutory declaration and, in that event, the person will not be taken to have furnished the information as required unless it has been verified in accordance with the requirements of the Board.
67—False or misleading statement
A person must not make a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular (whether by reason of the inclusion or omission of any particular) in any information provided under this Act.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
68—Registered person must report medical unfitness to Board
If a registered person becomes aware that he or she is or may be medically unfit to provide pharmacy services, the registered person must immediately give written notice of that fact to the Board.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
69—Report to Board of cessation of status as student
	(1)	The person in charge of an educational institution must, if a pharmacy student ceases to be enrolled at that institution in a course of study providing qualifications for registration on the register of pharmacists, cause written notice of that fact to be given to the Board.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
	(2)	A person registered on the pharmacy student register who completes, or ceases to be enrolled in, the course of study that formed the basis for that registration must cause written notice of that fact to be given to the Board.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
70—Registered persons and pharmacy services providers to be indemnified against loss
	(1)	A registered person or pharmacy services provider must not, unless exempted by the Board, provide pharmacy services unless insured or indemnified in a manner and to an extent approved by the Board against civil liabilities that might be incurred by the person or provider, as the case may be, in connection with the provision of pharmacy services.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
	(2)	The Board may, subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, exempt a person, or a class of persons, from the requirements of this section and may, whenever it thinks fit, revoke an exemption or revoke or vary the conditions under which an exemption operates.
71—Information relating to claim against registered person or pharmacy services provider to be provided
	(1)	If a person has claimed damages or other compensation from a registered person or other person for alleged negligence committed by the registered person in the course of providing pharmacy services, the registered person must—
	(a)	within 30 days after the claim is made; and
	(b)	within 30 days after any order is made by a court to pay damages or other compensation in respect of that claim or any agreement has been entered into for payment of a sum of money in settlement of that claim (whether with or without a denial of liability),
provide the Board with prescribed information relating to the claim.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
	(2)	If a person has claimed damages or other compensation from a pharmacy services provider for alleged negligence committed by the pharmacy services provider in connection with the provision of pharmacy services, the pharmacy services provider must—
	(a)	within 30 days after the claim is made; and
	(b)	within 30 days after any order is made by a court to pay damages or other compensation in respect of that claim or any agreement has been entered into for payment of a sum of money in settlement of that claim (whether with or without a denial of liability),
provide the Board with prescribed information relating to the claim.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
72—Victimisation
	(1)	A person commits an act of victimisation against another person (the victim) if he or she causes detriment to the victim on the ground, or substantially on the ground, that the victim—
	(a)	has disclosed or intends to disclose information; or
	(b)	has made or intends to make an allegation,
that has given rise, or could give rise, to proceedings against the person under this Act.
	(2)	An act of victimisation under this Act may be dealt with—
	(a)	as a tort; or
	(b)	as if it were an act of victimisation under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984,
but, if the victim commences proceedings in a court seeking a remedy in tort, he or she cannot subsequently lodge a complaint under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 and, conversely, if the victim lodges a complaint under that Act, he or she cannot subsequently commence proceedings in a court seeking a remedy in tort.
	(3)	Where a complaint alleging an act of victimisation under this Act has been lodged with the Commissioner for Equal Opportunity and the Commissioner is of the opinion that the subject matter of the complaint has already been adequately dealt with by a competent authority, the Commissioner may decline to act on the complaint or to proceed further with action on the complaint.
	(4)	In this section—
detriment includes—
	(a)	injury, damage or loss; or
	(b)	intimidation or harassment; or
	(c)	discrimination, disadvantage or adverse treatment in relation to the victim's employment or business; or
	(d)	threats of reprisal.
73—Self-incrimination
If a person is required to provide information or to produce a document, record or equipment under this Act and the information, document, record or equipment would tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty, the person must nevertheless provide the information or produce the document, record or equipment, but the information, document, record or equipment so provided or produced will not be admissible in evidence against the person in proceedings for an offence, other than an offence against this or any other Act relating to the provision of false or misleading information.
74—Punishment of conduct that constitutes an offence
If conduct constitutes an offence and is also a ground for disciplinary action under this Act, the taking of disciplinary action under this Act is not a bar to conviction and punishment for the offence, nor is conviction and punishment for the offence a bar to disciplinary action under this Act.
75—Vicarious liability for offences
If a corporate pharmacy services provider or other body corporate is guilty of an offence against this Act, each person occupying a position of authority in the provider or body corporate is guilty of an offence and liable to the same penalty as is prescribed for the principal offence unless it is proved that the person could not, by the exercise of reasonable care, have prevented the commission of the principal offence.
76—Application of fines
A fine imposed for an offence against this Act must be paid to the Board.
77—Board may require medical examination or report
	(1)	The Board may, for any purpose associated with the administration or operation of this Act, require a registered person or a person who is applying for registration or reinstatement of registration to—
	(a)	submit to an examination by a health professional, or by a health professional of a class, specified by the Board; or
	(b)	provide a medical report from a health professional, or from a health professional of a class, specified by the Board,
(including an examination or report that will require the person to undergo some form of medically invasive procedure).
	(2)	If a person fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1), the Board may suspend the person's registration until further order of the Board.
	(3)	In this section—
health professional means—
	(a)	a medical practitioner; or
	(b)	a psychologist; or
	(c)	any other person who belongs to a profession, or who has an occupation, declared by the Board, by notice in the Gazette, to be a profession or occupation within the ambit of this definition.
78—Ministerial review of decisions relating to courses
	(1)	If the Board—
	(a)	refuses to approve a course of education or training for the purposes of this Act; or
	(b)	revokes an approval of a course of education or training under this Act,
the provider of the course may apply to the Minister for a review of that decision.
	(2)	The Minister may determine the application as the Minister thinks fit and, if the Minister finds in favour of the applicant, grant or preserve the approval (as appropriate).
79—Confidentiality
	(1)	A person engaged or formerly engaged in the administration of this Act or the repealed Act must not divulge or communicate personal information obtained (whether by that person or otherwise) in the course of official duties except—
	(a)	as required or authorised by or under this Act or any other Act or law; or
	(b)	with the consent of the person to whom the information relates; or
	(c)	in connection with the administration of this Act or the repealed Act; or
	(d)	to an authority responsible under the law of a place outside this State for the registration or licensing of persons who provide pharmacy services, where the information is required for the proper administration of that law; or
	(e)	to an agency or instrumentality of this State, the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory of the Commonwealth for the purposes of the proper performance of its functions.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
	(2)	Subsection (1) does not prevent disclosure of statistical or other data that could not reasonably be expected to lead to the identification of any person to whom it relates.
	(3)	Information that has been disclosed under subsection (1) for a particular purpose must not be used for any other purpose by—
	(a)	the person to whom the information was disclosed; or
	(b)	any other person who gains access to the information (whether properly or improperly and whether directly or indirectly) as a result of that disclosure.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
80—Service
	(1)	A notice or document required or authorised to be given or sent to, or served on, a person for the purposes of this Act may—
	(a)	be given to the person personally; or
	(b)	be posted in an envelope addressed to the person at the person's last known nominated contact, residential, business or (in the case of a corporation) registered address; or
	(c)	be left for the person at the person's last known nominated contact, residential, business or (in the case of a corporation) registered address with someone apparently over the age of 16 years; or
	(d)	be transmitted by facsimile transmission or electronic mail to a facsimile number or electronic mail address provided by the person (in which case the notice or document will be taken to have been given or served at the time of transmission).
	(2)	Without limiting the effect of subsection (1), a notice or other document required or authorised to be given or sent to, or served on, a person for the purposes of this Act may, if the person is a company or registered body within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, be served on the person in accordance with that Act.
81—Evidentiary provisions
	(1)	In proceedings for an offence against this Act or in disciplinary proceedings under Part 4, an allegation in the complaint—
	(a)	that a person named in the complaint is or is not, or was or was not, on a specified date, a qualified person;
	(b)	that a person named in the complaint is or is not, or was or was not on a specified date, registered on the pharmacy student register or the register of pharmacists;
	(c)	that the registration of a person named in the complaint is, or was on a specified date, subject to specified conditions;
	(d)	that premises specified in the complaint are or are not, or were or were not, on a specified date, registered on the register of pharmacies or the register of pharmacy depots;
	(e)	that a person named in the complaint is, or was on a specified date, a pharmacy services provider;
	(f)	that a person named in the complaint is, or was on a specified date, occupying a position of authority in a corporate pharmacy services provider;
	(g)	that a person named in the complaint is, or was on a specified date, an inspector,
must be accepted as proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.
	(2)	In legal proceedings, a document apparently certified by the Registrar to be a copy of a register under this Act, or a copy of practice rules or a code of conduct or professional standard prepared or endorsed by the Board, must be accepted as such in the absence of proof to the contrary.
82—Regulations
	(1)	The Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for the purposes of, this Act.
	(2)	Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may—
	(a)	prohibit or regulate the use of specified names or names of a specified class in connection with a pharmacy or pharmacy business;
	(b)	prescribe, or empower the Board to fix—
	(i)	fees or charges for the purposes of this Act;
	(ii)	fees or charges for services provided by the Board in the exercise of its functions under this Act,
and may provide for the recovery of a fee or charge so prescribed;
	(c)	exempt any person or class of persons from the obligation to pay a fee or charge so prescribed;
	(d)	regulate, or otherwise make provision with respect to, the education of pharmacists for the purposes of this Act, including by making provision with respect to the approval of courses that may lead to registration;
	(e)	make any provision with respect to the keeping of a register;
	(f)	prescribe penalties, not exceeding $5 000, for breach of, or non-compliance with, a regulation.
	(3)	The regulations may—
	(a)	refer to or incorporate, wholly or partially and with or without modification, a code, standard or other document prepared or published by a prescribed body, either as in force at the time the regulations are made or as in force from time to time; and
	(b)	be of general or limited application; and
	(c)	make different provision according to the persons, things or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply; and
	(d)	provide that a specified provision of this Act does not apply, or applies with prescribed variations, to any person, circumstance or situation (or person, circumstance or situation of a prescribed class) specified by the regulations, subject to any condition to which the regulations are expressed to be subject; and
	(e)	provide that any matter or thing is to be determined, dispensed with, regulated or prohibited according to the discretion of the Minister, the Board or another prescribed authority.
	(4)	If a code, standard or other document is referred to or incorporated in the regulations—
	(a)	a copy of the code, standard or other document must be kept available for public inspection, without charge and during ordinary office hours, at an office or offices specified in the regulations; and
	(b)	evidence of the contents of the code, standard or other document may be given in any legal proceedings by production of a document apparently certified by the Minister to be a true copy of the code, standard or other document.

Schedule 1—Transitional provisions
Part 4—Transitional provisions
5—Transitional provisions relating to Board
	(1)	The Pharmacy Board of South Australia is the same body corporate as the Pharmacy Board of South Australia continued in existence under the repealed Act.
	(2)	On the commencement of this clause all members of the Board then in office vacate their respective offices so that fresh appointments may be made to the Board under this Act.
	(3)	If appointments are to be made to the Board pursuant to the Acts Interpretation Act 1915 prior to the commencement and for the purposes of section 6—
	(a)	a reference in that section to pharmacist will, for those purposes, be taken to be a reference to a person who is a registered pharmacist under the repealed Act at the relevant time; and
	(b)	despite section 14C(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1915, such an appointment takes effect on the commencement of section 6 and not before.
6—Transitional provisions relating to pharmacists
	(1)	The register of pharmacists maintained under the repealed Act continues in existence as the register of pharmacists under this Act.
	(2)	The Registrar will, on the commencement of this clause, remove from the register of pharmacists any company that was registered as a pharmacist under the repealed Act.
	(3)	A person whose name is on the register of pharmacists immediately following the commencement of this clause will be taken to be registered under this Act on that register and any restrictions, limitations or conditions that applied to the registration of the person under the repealed Act immediately before that commencement will be taken to continue to apply to the registration of the person under this Act as if they had been imposed by the Board under this Act.
	(4)	If a person who was removed from the register of pharmacists under the repealed Act for any reason and who had not, before the commencement of this clause, been reinstated on that register, applies for registration under this Act, the Board may deal with the application as though it were an application for reinstatement on the register of pharmacists under this Act.
7—Transitional provision relating to pharmacy students
A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this clause, enrolled in a course of study that provides qualifications for registration on the register of pharmacists is, on due application to the Board, entitled to full registration on the pharmacy student register.
8—Transitional provisions relating to premises
	(1)	Premises used as a delivery and collection point for drugs, medicines or other pharmaceutical products that have been pre-packaged for specific customers outside Metropolitan Adelaide and not otherwise used in the practice of pharmacy will, if registered under section 32 of the repealed Act immediately before the commencement of this clause, be taken to be registered as a pharmacy depot under this Act.
	(2)	Any other premises registered under section 32 of the repealed Act immediately before the commencement of this clause will be taken to be registered as a pharmacy under this Act.
9—Regulations
The regulations may make other provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act.

Legislative history
Notes
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Repeal of Act
The Pharmacy Practice Act 2007 was repealed by Sch 1 cl 28(f) of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010 on 1.7.2010.
Legislation repealed by principal Act
The Pharmacy Practice Act 2007 repealed the following:
Pharmacists Act 1991
Legislation amended by principal Act
The Pharmacy Practice Act 2007 amended the following:
Dental Practice Act 2001
Principal Act and amendments
Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement	
2007	7	Pharmacy Practice Act 2007	5.4.2007	8.11.2007 (Gazette 8.11.2007 p4207)	
2009	84	Statutes Amendment (Public Sector Consequential Amendments) Act 2009	10.12.2009	Pt 112 (s 264)—1.2.2010 (Gazette 28.1.2010 p320)	
Provisions amended
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision	How varied	Commencement	
Long title	amended under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.2.2010	
Pt 1			
s 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.2.2010	
Pt 2			
s 17	amended by 84/2009 s 264	1.2.2010	
Sch 1			
Pts 1—3	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	1.2.2010