Pharmacy Student

The scope of practice of a pharmacy student is defined in Chapter IV of the Regulations relating to the practice of pharmacy as follows:

Regulation 7

Scope of practice of a pharmacy student. —

1. A pharmacy student who has successfully completed -

• the first year of an education and training programme approved by council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist, and who is undergoing his or her second year if study, may perform services or acts pertaining to the scope of practice of a pharmacist’s assistant (basic);

• the second year of education and training programme approved by the council for purposes of registration as a pharmacist, and who is undergoing his or her third year of study, may perform services or acts pertaining to the scope of practice of a pharmacist’s (post-basic);

• the third or subsequent year of education and training programme approved by the council for the purposes of registration as a pharmacist, and who is undergoing his or her fourth or subsequent year of study, may perform services or acts pertaining to the scope of practice or a pharmacy technician.

2. The services or acts contemplated in subsection (1) may only be performed under the direct supervision of a pharmacist in a pharmacy.

Regulation 8

1.      A pharmacy student may, for purposes of education and training, and under the auspices of a provider approved by the council to offer education and training for purposes of registration as a pharmacist and with whom such student is enrolled, provide the services or perform the acts prescribed in regulations 3 and 4 under the direct personal supervision of a pharmacist in a pharmacy; and

2.      The services or acts referred to in subregulation 8(1) must be provided or performed in accordance with a programme developed by the provider and approved by the council in terms of the Act.