Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia

NATIONAL REGISTRATION The Acting Minister for Health has advised that Western Australia will not join the national scheme until 18 October 2010. Until WA does join the scheme - The Pharmacy Act 1964 (the current Act) and the Council will continue in existence Practitioners are required to hold a licence issued by the Council Pharmacists registered in WA who wish to practise in another State must obtain registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia. Pharmacists registered under the national scheme MUST apply to the Council for registration in WA before commencing practice For other information relating to the national scheme please visit www.ahpra.gov.au Profile The Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia has two distinct roles : Firstly, it is the Statutory body which administers the Pharmacy Act. It is therefore the regulating body controlling the practice of the profession and registration of pharmacists and pharmacies in Western Australia. Secondly, it is the body which, by legislation, manages the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia. This is the professional society of which every pharmacist in the State is a member.The Council is therefore the peak body representing the profession of pharmacy and its practitioners in Western Australia.

 

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