Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010

A person must not provide restricted pharmacy services except at premises registered as a pharmacy under this section.

Maximum penalty: $50 000.

A person must not own, or hold a proprietary interest in, a pharmacy business unless the business is carried on at premises registered as a pharmacy under this section.

Maximum penalty: $50 000.

The registered premises must incorporate areas used for any business carried on in association with the provision of pharmacy services.

If, on application made to the Authority for the registration of premises as a pharmacy, the Authority is satisfied that the premises and its location comply with—

the requirements of the regulations; and

the requirements determined by the Authority to be necessary for the registration of the premises as a pharmacy, the

Authority must, subject to subsection (5), register the premises.

Registration under this section remains in force until 30 September next ensuing after the grant of registration and may from time to time be renewed for successive periods of 1 year expiring on 30 September.

The

Authority must not register, or renew the registration of, premises as a pharmacy unless satisfied that members of the public cannot directly access the premises from within the premises of a supermarket.

The

Authority 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 Authority to be necessary for the registration of the premises as a pharmacy.

An application for registration or renewal of registration under this section must—

be made to the Authority in the manner and form approved by the

Authority; and

be accompanied by the registration fee prescribed under the regulations.

An applicant for registration or renewal of registration must, if the

Authority so requires, provide the Authority with specified information to enable the Authority to determine the application.

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.

In this section—

supermarket has the meaning assigned by the regulations.