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PART 4

Amendment of Pharmacy Act 2007

Amendment of Pharmacy Act 2007

11. The Pharmacy Act 2007 is amended—

(a) in section 7(1)—

(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) to regulate the profession of pharmacy in the State, including prescribing by pharmacists, having regard to the need to protect, maintain and promote the health and safety of the public,”,

and

(ii) in paragraph (d), by the insertion of “in relation to prescribing and” after “including”,

(b) in section 11—

(i) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (3):

“(3A) The Council shall make rules specifying the education and training which a registered pharmacist must receive to enable him or her to prescribe medicinal products in accordance with regulations made under section 32 (2)(l)(iv) of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 .

(3B) Rules made under subsection (3A) shall include—

(a) the standard of education and training required to be reached by a registered pharmacist in order to prescribe medicinal products in accordance with regulations made under section 32 (2)(l)(iv) of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 , taking into account any practical professional experience of prescribing which the registered pharmacist may have, and

(b) any other relevant continuing professional education.”,

and

(ii) in subsection (5), by the substitution of “subsection (2), (2A), (2B), (3) or (3A)” for “subsection (2), (2A), (2B) or (3)”,

and

(c) in section 18(1)—

(i) in paragraph (g), by the substitution of “prepared, supplied, sold or prescribed” for “sold or supplied”,

(ii) in paragraph (i), by the substitution of “supplied, sold or prescribed” for “sold or supplied”,

(iii) in paragraph (j), by the substitution of “to whom medicinal products are being sold, supplied or prescribed” for “being sold or supplied with medicinal products”,

(iv) in paragraph (k), by the substitution of “sold, supplied or prescribed” for “sold or supplied”, and

(v) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (l):

“(l) the keeping of records of and in connection with the preparation, prescribing, sale and supply of medicinal products and the preparation and dispensing of medicinal prescriptions;”.