✨ Pharmacy Council Notice
15 SEPTEMBER 2004 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 120 2969
PHARMACY COUNCIL
NOTICE OF SCOPES OF PRACTICE AND RELATED QUALIFICATIONS
PRESCRIBED BY THE PHARMACY COUNCIL
The Pharmacy Council ("the Council") will assume its full responsibilities under the Health
Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 ("the Act") on 18 September 2004. This
notice will take effect from that date.
Scopes of Practice
Pursuant to section 11 (1) of the Act, the Council specifies two scopes of practice as follows:
- Scope of Practice – Pharmacist
The practice of pharmacy includes the custody, preparation and dispensing of medicines
and pharmaceutical products, the provision of advice on health and well-being, including
health screening, and the selection and provision of non-prescription medicine therapies and
therapeutic aids. The pharmacist acts as a medicines manager, ensuring safe, quality use
of medicines and optimising health outcomes by contributing to the selection, prescribing,
monitoring and evaluation of medicine therapy. The pharmacist researches information and
provides evidence-based advice and recommendations on medicines and medicine-related
health problems to patients, their carers and other healthcare professionals. The pharmacist
is an integral part of the healthcare team.
The practice in this context goes wider than pharmacists directly working with patients to
include teaching, advising, research, policy development and management, given that such
roles influence clinical practice and public safety.
- Scope of Practice – Intern Pharmacist
The practice of pharmacy includes the custody, preparation and dispensing of medicines
and pharmaceutical products, the provision of advice on health and well-being, including
health screening, and the selection and provision of non-prescription medicine therapies and
therapeutic aids. The intern pharmacist, practising under the supervision of a practising
registered pharmacist, acts as a medicines manager, ensuring safe, quality use of medicines
and optimising health outcomes by contributing to the selection, prescribing, monitoring and
evaluation of medicine therapy. The intern pharmacist researches information and provides
evidence-based advice and recommendations on medicines and medicine-related health
problems to patients, their carers and other healthcare professionals. The intern pharmacist
is an integral part of the healthcare team.
Qualifications Prescribed for Registration in a Scope of Practice
- Pharmacist Scope of Practice
Pursuant to section 12 of the Act, the following qualifications are prescribed for registration
as a pharmacist:
-
New Zealand Pharmacy Graduates
a. Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Auckland; OR
b. Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Otago; AND
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