| 34. | Requirements and conditions for registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist 's assistant (post-basic). Any person who has successfully completed an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic): |
| (1) | offered in the Republic may apply to the registrar for registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic): provided that he or she shall not be so registered unless he or she complies with the provisions of regulation 35; |
| (2) | offered outside the Republic may apply to the registrar for registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic): provided that he or she shall not be so registered unless he or she complies with the provisions of regulation 37. |
[Regulation 34 substituted by section 24 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| 35. | Applicants with a certificate of qualification obtained in the Republic |
Applicants who have successfully completed an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic), which is offered in the Republic. Any person who has successfully completed an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic), which is offered in the Republic, and who applies for registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic) must—
[Words preceding Regulation 35(1) substituted by section 25(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 permit, should such person not be a South African citizen or a permanent resident in the Republic of South Africa; |
[Regulation 35(1)(b) substituted by section 25(b) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (c) | acceptable documentary evidence that he or she has successfully fulfilled the requirements of an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration in the category pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic), as the case may be, and has completed any in-service training required; |
[Regulation 35(1)(c) substituted by section 25(c) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (d) | acceptable documentary evidence that he or she has passed an examination(s) or other evaluation(s) as determined by council, if applicable; and |
| (2) | pay the registration fee as determined by the council. |
| 36. | Any person who complies with the requirements of regulation 35 must be registered as a pharmacist's assistant in the category pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic), as the case may be, and issued with a registration certificate by the registrar. |
[Regulation 36 substituted by section 26 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| 37. | Applicants with a certificate of qualification obtained outside the Republic |
Applicants who have successfully completed an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic), which is offered outside the Republic. Any person who has successfully completed an education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic), which is offered outside the Republic, and who applies for registration as a pharmacist's assistant (basic) or pharmacist's assistant (post-basic), must—
[Words preceding Regulation 37(1) substituted by section 27(a) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (1) | submit to the registrar: |
| (a) | a duly completed application on a form as approved and provided by council; |
| (i) | his or her identity document or passport; and |
| (ii) | a suitable work permit, should such person not be a South African citizen or a permanent resident in the Republic of South Africa; |
[Regulation 37(1)(b) substituted by section 27(b) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (c) | acceptable documentary evidence of— |
| (i) | the qualification obtained outside the Republic which entitles him or her to practise as a pharmacist's assistant in the country in which the institution or examining body that awarded such qualification is situated; |
[Regulation 37(1)(c)(i) substituted by section 27(c) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (ii) | the fact that he or she is registered as a pharmacist's assistant in the country in which the institution or examining body that awarded such qualification is situated, should such person not be a South African citizen or a permanent resident in the Republic of South Africa; |
[Regulation 37(1)(c)(ii) substituted by section 27(d) of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
| (iii) | the fact that he or she is a fit and proper person and in good standing as a pharmacist’s assistant with the relevant registration authority; and |
| (iv) | the in-service training which he or she has undertaken and completed, if any; and |
| (2) | pay the registration fee as determined by the council. |
| 38. | The registrar must submit an application that complies with the requirements of regulation 37 to the council for evaluation, and the council may— |
| (1) | refuse to register the applicant as a pharmacist’s assistant in the category pharmacist’s assistant (basic level) or pharmacist’s assistant (post basic); |
| (2) | register the applicant as a pharmacist’s assistant in the category pharmacist’s assistant (learner basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (learner post-basic), as the case may be; or |
| (3) | register the applicant as a pharmacist’s assistant in the category pharmacist’s assistant (basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (post basic), as the case may be, |
Provided that prior to approving an application for registration in terms of subregulations 38(2) or (3), the council may require that the applicant passes an examination(s) or other evaluation(s) determined by the council.
| 39. | A person registered in terms of regulation 38(2) must prior to registration as a pharmacist’s assistant in the category pharmacist’s assistant (basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (post-basic), as the case may be, comply with the requirements relating to in-service training in terms of the Act. |
| 40. | Every person registered in terms of regulation 38 must be issued with a registration certificate by the registrar. |
| 41. | 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 (basic) or pharmacist’s assistants (post-basic) the name of a pharmacist’s assistant— |
| (a) | who no longer complies with the requirements and conditions for registration as a pharmacist’s assistant (basic) or a pharmacist’s assistant (post-basic), as the case may be; or |
| (2) | A person in respect of whose entry a removal as contemplated in subregulation (1)(a) 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. |
| 42. | Restoration to the register |
A pharmacist’s assistant (basic) or pharmacist’s assistants (post-basic) whose name was removed from the register in terms of regulation 41 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; |
| (b) | acceptable documentary evidence that he or she complies with the conditions under which he or she may be registered as a pharmacist’s assistants (basic) or pharmacist’s assistant (post basic); 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.
| 43. | Transitional arrangements |
[Regulation 43 repealed by section 28 of Notice No. 4734, GG50528, dated 19 April 2024]
