The Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007

Specific obligations of the Society in respect of pharmacists’ and prospective pharmacists’ education, training and the acquisition of experience

14.  In connection with discharging the functions mentioned in article 13, the Society shall—

(a) determine—

(i) the nature of the knowledge and skills, and

(ii) the nature, extent and content of, and method of assessment for, the education, training and experience,

required for a person qualifying in Great Britain to be considered appropriately qualified for the purposes of article 11(1)(a)(i);

(b) approve qualifications under article 12(1)(a);

(c) accredit degree courses for prospective pharmacists (including degree courses in Northern Ireland) and approve providers of such courses;

(d) approve providers, including tutors, of postgraduate education and training for prospective pharmacists which leads to an approved qualification, and approval under this paragraph may be limited to the provision of education and training at specified premises;

(e) determine, as regards the tutors mentioned in paragraph (d)—

(i) the nature of the education, training or experience required of them,

(ii) any assessment arrangements in respect of them, and

(iii) their role and function;

(f) determine the arrangements for determining, in accordance with article 12(1)(c)(ii), that a person has reached an adequate level of understanding for practising as a pharmacist;

(g) determine assessment arrangements for—

(i) postgraduate education and training for prospective pharmacists which leads to an approved qualification, or

(ii) any additional education, training or experience required for the purposes of article 11(1)(a)(iii); and

(h) determine the nature, extent and content of the education, training, experience and continuing professional development required for the purposes of article 11(1)(a)(iii) and (iv), or for the purposes of obtaining annotations in respect of specialisations, including—

(i) preregistration programmes or courses in respect of, or any combination of, education, training or acquiring experience,

(ii) the amount and type of continuing professional development that registrants are required to undertake,

(iii) they amount and type of education, training and experience required in order to obtain annotations in respect of specialisations,

(iv) education and training to address fitness to practise matters, and

(v) education, training and acquisition of experience in respect of persons seeking restoration to the Register of Pharmacists or to move from Part 2 to Part 1 of that register.