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Membership
- Chair - Ms Bhavini Patel
- Practitioner Member - Ms Shelley Crowther
- Practitioner Member - Mr Peter Clarke
- Practitioner Member - Mr Terry Sotirios Battalis
- Practitioner Member - Mr Andrew Tooms
- Public Member - Ms Judith Dikstein
- Public Member - Ms Helen Egan
Role
The Pharmacy Board of the Northern Territory is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the public is protected through the regulation of pharmacists registered in the Northern Territory.
The Pharmacy Board carries out this mandate by:
- Ensuring that all pharmacists have received educational preparation to an agreed national standard;
- Dealing with issues of conduct and taking any disciplinary action as required;
- Administering the framework under which impaired pharmacists can be rehabilitated without necessarily losing their license to practice;
- Assisting to improve pharmacists performance should it be found to be below accepted professional standards, and
- Ensuring that all pharmacists either currently registered or intending to be registered are competent and fit to practise.
The Health Professions Licensing Authority (HPLA) provides a bureau service to the Pharmacy Board and carries out administrative duties as directed by it.
The objectives of the Health Practitioners Act 2004 (the Act) requires the Pharmacy Board to:
- Protect and promote the health and safety of the people of the Territory;
- Promote the highest standard of professional health care practice in the Territory;
- Determine the standards for Registration and enrolment of health practitioners and for professional health care practice in the Territory, and
- Facilitate the continuing competence of health practitioners in the Territory.
Pharmacy Code
The Pharmacy Code is comprised of the General Policies and Pharmacy Specific Policies listed below.
Pharmacy Board Specific Policies
Note: Policies remain current until a review has been completed and the revised version available on the website
| Pharmacy Standards | Date |
|---|---|
| Direct Supervision (Adobe PDF document - 23KB) | April 2008 |
April 2008 | |
| Display of Names (Adobe PDF document - 23KB) | April 2008 |
| Tobacco and Alcohol (Adobe PDF document - 23KB) | April 2008 |
| Requirements for Pharmacy Premises.pdf (Adobe PDF document - 45KB) | |
| Requirements for Pharmacy Business (Adobe PDF document - 45KB) | August 2008 |
| Ownership of Pharmacy.pdf (Adobe PDF document - 28KB) | November 2008 |
The following policies have been endorsed by the Pharmacy Board and can be accessed via the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia website psa.org.au
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Pharmacy Practice Handbook 2000
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Professional practice Standards 2002
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Standards for the Provision of Pharmacist Only and Pharmacy Medicines in Community Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Competency Standards 2003
The following policy has been endorsed by the Pharmacy Board and can be accessed via the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia website
- The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia Practice - Practice Standards
Pharmacy Register
The register identifies registrants as having either full registration/enrolment or conditional registration/enrolment.
Conditional registration/enrolment means that there are some restrictions on the person's practice. Such restrictions are diverse in nature and further information about the conditions applying to a particular registrant can be obtained by contacting us.
Please note that the registers available on this website are only updated monthly. For current information on registration status please contact us.
Download: Pharmacy Register (Adobe PDF document - 36KB)
Pharmacy Forms
Please refer to the Entitlement to Registration Policy before completing an application for registration.
| Form | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
image: "." | Pharmacists who hold current Registration in another State or Territory of Australia or New Zealand can apply for Registration in the Northern Territory under the Mutual Recognition Act or the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act. | Feb 2008 |
| Pharmacists who are not currently registered in a State or Territory of Australia or New Zealand can apply for Registration in the Northern Territory under the Health Practitioners Act. | March 2004 | |
| Application for Registration Intern Pharmacist (Adobe PDF document - 50KB) | For New Graduate Pharmacists who are required to undertake a Pre- Registration Year. | Dec 2008 |
If you hold a qualification as a Pharmacist, which was gained from outside of Australian or New Zealand, you are not immediately eligible to apply for Registration in the Northern Territory. You will be required to undertake a qualifying examination that is conducted by the Australian Pharmacy Examining Council (APEC). For requirements in relation to this examination and full details please contact APEC