| 28. | Requirements and conditions for registration as a pharmacist’s assistant in the category pharmacists’ assistant (learner basic) or pharmacists’ assistant (learner post-basic) |
Requirements and conditions for registration as a pharmacist's assistant (learner basic), pharmacist's assistant (learner post-basic) or pharmacy technician (learner). Any person registered with a provider to undertake an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist's assistant (learner basic), pharmacist's assistant (learner post-basic) or pharmacy technician (learner) must register with the council at the commencement of such learning programme: Provided that no person will be registered with the council as a pharmacist's assistant (learner basic), pharmacist's assistant (learner post-basic) or pharmacy technician (learner), as the case may be, unless he or she complies with the provisions of regulation 29.
[Regulation 28 substituted by section 18 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| 29. | Any person who applies for registration as a pharmacist's assistant in the category pharmacist's assistant (learner basic), pharmacist 's assistant (learner post-basic), or pharmacy technician (learner) as the case may be, must— |
[Words preceding regulation 29(1) substituted by section 19(a) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (1) | submit to the registrar: |
| (a) | a duly completed application on a form approved and provided by council; |
| (i) | his or her identity document or passport; and |
| (ii) | a suitable work or study permit as applicable, should such person not be a South African citizen or a permanent resident in the Republic of South Africa; and |
[Regulation 29(1)(b) substituted by section 19(b) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (c) | acceptable documentary evidence— |
| (i) | from the provider concerned that he or she has been registered for an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration in the category pharmacist's assistant (basic), pharmacist's assistant (post-basic) or pharmacy technician, as the case may be; |
| (ii) | of approval by the council of the pharmacy where in-service training will be undertaken, and the tutor under whom the training will take place where in-service training is a requirement of the education and training programme referred to in subregulation 29(c)(i); and |
[Regulation 29(1)(c)(i) and (ii) substituted by section 19(c) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (iii) | of the approval by council of the tutor under whom such training will take place; and |
| (2) | pay the registration fee as determined by the council. |
| 30. | Any person who complies with the requirements of regulation 29 must be registered in the category pharmacist's assistant (learner basic), pharmacist 's assistant (learner post-basic), or pharmacy technician (learner), as the case may be, and issued with a registration certificate by the registrar. |
[Regulation 30 substituted by section 20 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| 31. | Transitional arrangements |
[Regulation 31 repealed by section 21 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
32. 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 pharmacist's assistants (learner basic), pharmacist's assistants (learner post-basic) or pharmacy technician (learner), as the case may be, the name of a pharmacist's assistant— |
| (a) | who has complied with the requirements of an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic), pharmacist 's assistant (post-basic), or pharmacy technician as the case may be; |
| (b) | who no longer complies with the requirements and conditions for registration as a pharmacist 's assistant (learner basic), pharmacist's assistant (learner post-basic), or pharmacy technician (learner) as the case may be; or |
[Regulation 32(1) substituted by section 22(a) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (2) | A person whose name has been removed as contemplated in sub-regulations (1)(a) and (b), must be notified of the removal, and any certificate issued in respect of the registration in question shall be deemed to be cancelled as from the date on which notice is given. |
[Regulation 32(2) substituted by section 22(b) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| 33. | Restoration to the register— |
A pharmacist 's assistant (learner basic), pharmacist' s assistant (learner post-basic), or pharmacy technician (learner) as the case may be, whose name was removed from the register in terms of regulation 32 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 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 to an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic), pharmacist's assistant (post-basic) or pharmacy technician and |
| (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.
[Regulation 33 substituted by section 23 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
