The objects of the council shall be—
| (a) | to assist in the promotion of the health of the population of the Republic; |
| (b) | to advise the Minister or any other person on any matter relating to pharmacy; |
| (c) | to promote the provision of pharmaceutical care which complies with universal norms and values, in both the public and the private sector, with the goal of achieving definite therapeutic outcomes for the health and quality of life of a patient; |
| (d) | to uphold and safeguard the rights of the general public to universally acceptable standards of pharmacy practice in both the public and the private sector; |
| (e) | to establish, develop, maintain and control universally acceptable standards— |
| (i) | in pharmaceutical education and training; |
| (ii) | for the registration of a person who provides one or more or all of the services which form part of the scope of practice of the category in which such person is registered; |
| (iii) | of the practice of the various categories of persons required to be registered in terms of this Act; |
| (iv) | of professional conduct required of persons to be registered in terms of this Act; and |
| (v) | of control over persons registered in terms of this Act by investigating in accordance with this Act, complaints or accusations relating to the conduct of registered persons; |
| (f) | to be transparent to the profession and the general public in achieving its objects and in performing its functions and executing its powers; and |
| (g) | to maintain and enhance the dignity of the pharmacy profession and the integrity of persons practicing that profession. |
