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South Australia
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South
Australia) (Telepharmacy) Amendment Bill 2020
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Health
Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia)
Act 2010
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment of Health
Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia)
Act 2010
4Amendment of section 43—Supervision of
pharmacies by pharmacists
5Amendment of section
46—Conditions
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
(South Australia) (Telepharmacy) Amendment Act 2020.
This Act comes into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
(South Australia) Act 2010
4—Amendment
of section 43—Supervision of pharmacies by
pharmacists
Section 43—after subsection (1) insert:
(1a) Subsection (1)
does not to apply to a person who carries on a pharmacy business in
circumstances where—
(a) the person is
authorised by the Authority to operate the pharmacy business without a
pharmacist being physically in attendance at the pharmacy; and
(b) a pharmacist is, by means of Internet or other electronic
communication (other than communication of a kind specified by the Authority),
in attendance during any period the pharmacy business is operating and is
available for consultation by members of the public.
(1b) The Authority must not grant an authorisation under
subsection (1a)(a)
unless satisfied that—
(a) the authorisation is necessary to ensure that pharmacy services are
available to persons who would not otherwise have direct and timely access to
such services; and
(b) a pharmacy services provider who is proposed to provide pharmacy
services as part of the operation of the pharmacy business without a pharmacist
being physically in attendance at the pharmacy has taken all reasonable steps to
ensure that the provider will, at all times, comply with a code of conduct
applying to the provider under this Act in respect of such operation.
(1c) An authorisation granted under
subsection (1a)(a)
may be subject to any conditions that the Authority considers appropriate
in the circumstances of the particular case.
5—Amendment
of section 46—Conditions
Section 46—after subsection (5) insert:
(6) A condition of the registration of a pharmacy that is inconsistent
with section 43(1a) will, to the extent of the inconsistency, be taken to
be modified to give effect to that section.