Board Notices > A Pharmacist who provides Pharmacist-Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (PIMART) services in South Africa: Scope of Practice, Competency Standards and the Criteria for Accreditation of a Pharmacist Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (PIMART) Course > Part 2: Competency Standards for a Pharmacist who provides Pharmacist-Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (PIMART) Services

AIDS	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ART	Antiretroviral Therapy
ARV	Antiretroviral
CD4	Cluster of Differentiation 4
CD8	Cluster of Differentiation 8
ELISA	Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
GP	General Practitioner
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HTS	HIV Testing Services
IRIS	Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
MTCT	Mother-to-Child Transmission
NDoH	National Department of Health
PEP	Post Exposure Prophylaxis
PhICT	Pharmacist-Initiated Counselling and Testing
PIMART	Pharmacist-Initiated Management of Antiretroviral Therapy
PMTCT	Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission
PrEP	Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
TB	Tuberculosis
TPT	TB-preventative treatment
VMMC	Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
WHO	World Health Organisation

Pharmacy Act, 1974 (Act No. 53 of 1974)