| 3. | Requirements and conditions for registration as a pharmacy student |
Any person registered with a provider to undertake an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist, must register with the council as a pharmacy student at the commencement of the first year of study: Provided that no person shall be registered as a pharmacy student with the council unless he or she complies with the provisions of regulation 4.
[Regulation 3 substituted by section 4 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| 4. | Any person who applies for registration with the council as pharmacy student must— |
| (1) | submit to the registrar: |
| (a) | a duly completed application on a form approved and provided by the council; |
| (i) | his or her identity document or passport; and |
| (ii) | a suitable study permit, should such person not be a South African citizen or a permanent resident in the Republic of South Africa; and |
| (c) | acceptable documentary evidence from the provider concerned that he or she has been admitted to the first or subsequent year of study for an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist; and |
[Regulation 4(1)(b)(c) substituted by section 5(a)(b) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (2) | pay the registration fee as determined by the council. |
| 5. | Any person who complies with the requirements in regulation 4 must be registered as a pharmacy student and issued with a registration certificate by the registrar. |
| 6. | Removal from the register |
| (1) | Except as provided for in terms of sections 23, 24 and 39 of the Act, the registrar may remove from the register of pharmacy students the name of a student— |
| (a) | who has complied with the requirements of an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist; |
[Regulation 6(1)(a) substituted by section 6 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (b) | who no longer complies with the requirements and conditions for registration as a pharmacy student: provided that a student who interrupts his or her studies may, on making written application annually to the registrar, have his or her name retained on the register of pharmacy students for a period not exceeding two years from the end of the year in which he or she interrupted his or her studies; or |
| (2) | A person in respect of whose entry a removal as contemplated in subregulations (1)(a) and (b) has been made, must be notified thereof and any certificate issued in respect of the registration in question shall be deemed to be cancelled as from the date on which notice has so been given. |
| 7. | Restoration to the register |
A pharmacy student whose name was removed from the register in terms of regulation 6 may, if applicable, have his or her name restored to the register by—
| (1) | submitting to the registrar: |
| (a) | a duly completed application for restoration of his or her name to the relevant register on a form as approved and provided by the council; and |
| (b) | acceptable documentary evidence from the provider concerned to the effect that he or she has been re-admitted for the first or subsequent year of an education and training programmed approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist; and |
[Regulation 7(1)(b) substituted by section 7 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (2) | paying the prescribed restoration fee; and |
if the registrar is satisfied that he or she is a fit and proper person to be restored to the relevant register. If the registrar is not satisfied that he or she is a fit and proper person to be restored to the relevant register, the registrar must submit the application concerned to the council for a decision.
