The Pharmacy Order 2010

Entitlement to entry in Part 1 or 2 of the Register: pharmacists and pharmacy technicians E+W+S

20.—(1) Subject to the provisions of, and rules under, this Order, a person (“P”) is entitled to be entered in Part 1 of the Register as a pharmacist or in Part 2 of the Register as a pharmacy technician if—

(a) the Registrar is satisfied that—

(i) P is appropriately qualified within the meaning given in article 21 or, as the case may be, article 22,

(ii) P’s fitness to practise is not impaired, F1 ...

[F2 (iia) P has the necessary knowledge of English; and]

(iii) where necessary, P meets such additional requirements (if any) relating to education, training or experience as the Registrar considers are appropriate to P’s case; and

(b) P has paid any fee prescribed under article 36(1)(a).

(2) Subject to the provisions of, and rules under, this Order, a person (“P”) is entitled to have P’s entry in Part 1 or, as the case may be, Part 2 of the Register renewed if—

(a) the Registrar is satisfied that—

(i) P’s fitness to practise is not impaired, and

(ii) P meets the standard of proficiency for the safe and effective practice of pharmacy set under article 43(1) together with such additional requirements (if any) relating to continuing professional development as the Registrar considers are appropriate to P’s case; F3 ...

[F4 (iia) P has the necessary knowledge of English; and]

(b) P has paid any fee prescribed under article 36(1)(a).

(3) A person is not entitled to be entered in Part 1 or 2 of the Register, or to have an entry in either of those parts renewed, if that person does not intend to practise as a pharmacist or, as the case may be, a pharmacy technician in Great Britain, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

[F5 (4) The Registrar must treat a person who—

(a) applies to be entered in Part 1 of the Register as a pharmacist,

(b) qualified as a pharmacist in a relevant European State,

(c) was, on IP completion day, in the register of pharmaceutical chemists for Northern Ireland, or was entered in that register on or after IP completion day further to an application made before IP completion day, and

(d) has remained in that register since IP completion day or, as the case may be, since that entry (disregarding any period in which the person was not in the register as a result of a decision that was later overturned in an appeal or other legal proceeding),

as meeting the requirements of paragraph (1)(a)(i).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in art. 20(1)(a) omitted (1.6.2016) by virtue of The Health Care and Associated Professions (Knowledge of English) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/806), arts. 1(3), 46(a); S.I. 2015/1451, art. 6(b)

F2 Art. 20(1)(a)(iia) inserted (1.6.2016) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Knowledge of English) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/806), arts. 1(3), 46(b); S.I. 2015/1451, art. 6(b)

F3 Word in art. 20(2)(a) omitted (1.6.2016) by virtue of The Health Care and Associated Professions (Knowledge of English) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/806), arts. 1(3), 46(a); S.I. 2015/1451, art. 6(b)

F4 Art. 20(2)(a)(iia) inserted (1.6.2016) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Knowledge of English) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/806), arts. 1(3), 46(b); S.I. 2015/1451, art. 6(b)

F5 Art. 20(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 10 (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 20 in force at 10.2.2010 for specified purposes, see art. 1(3)

I2 Art. 20 in force at 27.9.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.