“medical practitioner” means a person registered as such in terms of the Medical and Dental Act, 2004; “medicine” means a medicine as defined in section 1 of the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 2003 (Act No. 13 of 2003); “member of the Council” means a member of the Council appointed in terms of section 7; [definition of “member of the Council” substituted, with amendment markings, by Act 11 of 2018] “Minister” means the Minister responsible for Health; “Ministry” means the Ministry responsible for Health; “other examining authority” means an examining authority recognised by the Minister in terms of section 18(4); “Permanent Secretary” means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for Health; “pharmaceutical care” means the assessment and determination of the medicinal needs of a person and the provision of the medicine required by that person and of the necessary services and relevant information before, during and after the treatment concerned, in order to assure the optimally safe and effective treatment of such person to improve that person’s quality of life, and includes a feedback mechanism to facilitate the continuity of such care by the person who provides it; “pharmaceutical technician” means a person registered as such in terms of this Act, or regarded to be so registered in terms of section 71; “pharmacist” means a person registered as such in terms of this Act, or regarded to be so registered in terms of section 71; “pharmacist intern” means a person registered as such in terms of this Act, or regarded to be so registered in terms of section 71; “pharmacist’s assistant” means any person registered as such in terms of this Act, or regarded to be so registered in terms of section 71; “pharmacy” means any place in which any act specifically pertaining to the profession of a pharmacist is performed; “pharmacy business” means the business conducted by a pharmacist in terms of this Act, and “business of a pharmacist” has a corresponding meaning; “practise”, in relation to a profession to which this Act applies, includes the taking up of employment where any act specially pertaining to such profession is performed; “preliminary investigation committee” means the preliminary investigation committee established in terms of section 12(5)(a); “prescribe” -
pending against that registered person, the registrar must issue to that registered person a certificate of status containing particulars relating to - (a) that person’s status in respect of registration in terms of this Act; (b) whether or not that registered person is disqualified in part or wholly from practising his or her profession in terms of this Act; (c) whether or not any proceedings pertaining to unprofessional conduct are pending against that registered person at the time of the issuing the certificate of status; (d) whether or not that registered person has been found guilty of any unprofessional conduct and, if so, the nature of the charge, the date of the finding and the penalties imposed; (e) whether or not that registered person is an impaired person in terms of section 56; and (f) if that registered person is an impaired person in terms of section 56, the date of the finding concerned made and the nature of the conditions of registration and practice which are applicable to that person at the time of the issuing of the certificate of status. (3) A certificate of status referred to in subsection (2) - (a) must be issued in such form and manner; and (b) may be issued subject to such conditions, as the Council may determine. (4) The registrar must issue under his or her hand, upon the written application by any person and upon the payment of the applicable fees determined by the Council in terms of section 28(1)(a), to that person a certified extract from the register. Registration of additional qualifications and specialities 31. (1) The Minister may prescribe, from time to time and on the recommendation of the Council, the qualifications that may be registered as - (a) additional qualifications; (b) specialities; (c) professional categories or additional professional categories, in terms of this section, including the curricula concerned, the period of time required for and the nature of the education, tuition and training concerned, the examinations to be passed, and the educational institutions where such education, tuition and training may be completed. (2) Any registered person who, in addition to the qualification by virtue of which that person had been registered in the first instance, desires to - (a) have an additional qualification registered; or