Part IV Pharmacies
Persons lawfully conducting retail pharmacy business
F172BSection 72A: supplementary
F2(1)
The failure by a person to comply with any requirements of section 72A of this Act, or of regulations made under that section, may constitute misconduct for the purposes of section 80 of this Act, article 51(1)(a) of the Pharmacy Order 2010 and Article 20 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 and the relevant disciplinary committee may deal with such a failure accordingly.
(2)
A person who does not have the qualifications and experience required by regulations made by virtue of section 72A(7)(a) of this Act is not to be considered as a responsible pharmacist for the purposes of sections 70 to 72 of this Act.
(3)
Subsection (4) of this section applies if a person—
(a)
fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (2) of section 72A of this Act, or of regulations made under that subsection,
(b)
fails to comply with any requirements as to absence from the premises contained in regulations made by virtue of subsection (7)(b) of that section.
(4)
If this subsection applies, the person in question is not to be considered while the failure continues as being in charge of the business at the premises in question (or in a subsection (3)(a) case at any of them) for the purposes of sections 70 to 72 of this Act.