Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976

[F1Standards of conduct and performanceN.I.

1.—(1) The Council shall—

(a)set standards relating to the conduct, ethics and performance expected of registered persons; and

(b)make provision in regulations regarding the criteria to which the Statutory Committee is to have regard when deciding, in the case of any registered person, whether or not the requirements as to fitness to practise are met in relation to that registered person.

[F2(1A) The standards set under this article may include standards which relate only to the conduct, ethics and performance expected of registered pharmacists who are—

[F3(za)chief pharmacists for the purposes of section 67F of the Medicines Act 1968,]

(a)responsible pharmacists for the purposes of sections 70 to 72 of the Medicines Act 1968, or

(b)superintendent pharmacists.

(1B) Where the standards set under this article include standards of the type mentioned in paragraph (1A), the standards may include a description of the professional responsibilities of [F4chief pharmacists,] responsible pharmacists or (as the case may be) superintendent pharmacists.]

(2) The Council shall publish the standards set under this paragraph, as they exist from time to time, in such manner as it considers appropriate.

(3) Where any registered person is alleged to have failed to comply with standards set under this paragraph, that failure—

(a)is not, of itself, to be taken to constitute misconduct on the registered person’s part; but

(b)is to be taken into account in any proceedings against the registered person under this Order.]