Pursuant to section 11 (1) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (“the Act”), the following notice is given.
A m e n d m e n t
Title and commencement—(1) This notice may be cited
as the Pharmacy Council Prescribed Qualifications Amendment Notice 2006.
(2) This notice comes into effect on 1 December 2006.
(3) This notice should be read in conjunction with the Scopes of Practice and Related Qualifications Prescribed by the Pharmacy Council Notice published in the Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, 9 September 2004, No. 120, page 2969, and replaces the section in this notice titled “Qualifications Prescribed for Registration in a Scope of Practice”.
1. Pharmacist Scope of Practice
Pursuant to section 12 of the Act, the following qualifications are prescribed for registration in the pharmacist scope of practice:
(i) New Zealand and Australian Pharmacy Graduates
(a) Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Auckland; or
(b) Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Otago; or
(c) Australian pharmacy degrees from Schools of Pharmacy holding either full or provisional COPRA (Council of Pharmacy Registering Authorities of Australia and New Zealand) accreditation; and
(d) successful completion of the Intern Training Programme of the Pharmaceutical Society of
New Zealand (Inc).
(ii) Australian Registered Pharmacists – Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition
(a) Current registration with any one of the Pharmacy Boards of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Australian Commonwealth Territories, Northern Territories, Pharmacists Board of Queensland, or Pharmacy Council of Western Australia; and
(b) successful completion of the Pharmacy Council Law and Ethics Interview and calculations assessment
(iii) Recognised Equivalent Qualification Route (REQR) pharmacists
Holders of a pharmacy qualification from a country or jurisdiction recognised by COPRA (currently recognised countries are United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States of America):
? in which there is a legislative basis for registration/
licensure of pharmacists;
? in which the practice of pharmacy is considered by COPRA to be substantially equivalent to Australia/
New Zealand;
? in which the level of competency required to practise pharmacy is considered to be substantially equivalent to Australia/New Zealand; and
? which has accreditation of tertiary institutions offering pharmacy degrees as approved by COPRA, or which the pharmacy qualification is from an institution individually accredited by COPRA.
(a) successful completion of the Competency Assessment of Overseas Pharmacists (CAOP) examination;
(b) successful completion of a minimum period of four weeks’ supervised practice under an approved pharmacist (three months for Canada and United States of America applicants);
(c) successful completion of the Pharmacy Council Law and Ethics Interview and calculations assessment; and
(d) successful completion of a Pharmacy Council approved Return to the Workforce Programme (Canada and United States of America applicants only).
(d) Registered pharmacists applying from countries other than Australia or REQR countries
(a) Pharmacy degree and post-registration work experience in pharmacy deemed by the Pharmacy Council (“the council”) as equivalent in content and learning outcomes to a current COPRA accredited pharmacy programme; and
(b) current registration as a pharmacist with a
pharmacy registration authority in the same
country of registration where the degree in (iv) (a) was completed; and
(c) successful completion of the Intern Training Programme of the Pharmaceutical Society of
New Zealand (Inc).
2. Intern Pharmacist Scope of Practice
Pursuant to section 12 of the Act, the following qualifications have been prescribed for registration in the intern pharmacist scope of practice:
(a) Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Auckland; or
(b) Bachelor of Pharmacy of Otago; or
(c) Australian pharmacy degrees from Schools of Pharmacy holding either full or provisional COPRA (Council of Pharmacy Registering Authorities of Australia and New Zealand) accreditation; or
(d) pharmacy degree and post registration work experience in pharmacy (excluding Australia or REQR countries) deemed by the council as equivalent in content and learning outcomes to a COPRA accredited pharmacy programme; and
(e) current registration as a pharmacist with a pharmacy registration authority in the same
country of registration where the degree in 2 (d) was completed.
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of October 2006.
BRONWYN CLARK, Registrar, Pharmacy Council.