Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (Education and Training) Rules, 2008

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 493/2008
• Year: 2008

The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, in exercise of the functions conferred on the said Society by section 11 of the Pharmacy Act 2007 (No. 20 of 2007), hereby makes the following rules.

Dated this 28 day of November 2008

BERNARD LEDDY

President

AMBROSE McLOUGHLIN

Registrar

I consent to the making of these Rules.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 November 2008

MARY HARNEY,

Minister for Health and Children.

S.I. No. 493 of 2008

PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND (EDUCATION AND TRAINING) RULES 2008

ARRANGEMENT OF RULES

PART 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. Citation.

2. Commencement.

3. Interpretation.

4. Designated learning and competencies for persons obtaining qualifications appropriate for practice.

PART 2

QUALIFICATIONS APPROPRIATE FOR PRACTICE FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 16(1) OF THE ACT

5. Qualifications appropriate for practice.

PART 3

RECOGNITION AND APPROVAL OF PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING LEADING TO THE AWARD OF A DEGREE IN PHARMACY

6. Recognition and approval of degrees in pharmacy.

7. Criteria for the recognition and approval of programmes of education and training leading to the award of a degree in pharmacy.

8. Application for recognition of a programme of education and training leading to the award of a degree in pharmacy.

9. Duty of Council to review approved degrees.

10. Visits to recognised institutions.

11. Manner of reviews and visits.

12. Responses and resolutions following reporting of visits.

13. Obligation on recognised institutions to provide an annual report and to notify material changes.

PART 4

IN-SERVICE PRACTICAL TRAINING PROGRAMME

14. Completion of the in-service practical training programme.

15. Content and standards of the in-service practical training programme (including courses of education and training).

16. Application to undertake the in-service practical training programme.

17. Establishments in which six months of in-service practical training may be undertaken.

18. Completion of the in-service practical training programme.

19. Tutor pharmacists.

PART 5

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION EXAMINATION

20. Eligibility to apply to present for the Professional Registration Examination.

21. Holding of the Professional Registration Examination.

PART 6

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

22. Transitional provisions.

SCHEDULE

Certain minimum designated learning and competencies to be acquired in a programme leading to obtaining qualification as a pharmacist.

S.I. No. 493 of 2008

PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND (EDUCATION AND TRAINING) RULES 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd December, 2008.

The Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, in exercise of the functions conferred on the said Society by section 11 of the Pharmacy Act 2007 (No. 20 of 2007), hereby makes the following rules:—

PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (Education and Training) Rules 2008.

Commencement

2. These rules shall come into force on 29 November 2008.

Interpretation

3. (1) In these Rules—

‘Act’ means the Pharmacy Act 2007 (No. 20 of 2007) as amended by the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications relating to the Profession of Pharmacist) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 489 of 2008 );

‘Advisory Committee on Pharmaceutical Training’ means the Committee established by virtue of the EU Council Decision 85/434/EEC of 16 September 1985 1 ;

‘Council’ means the Council established by section 10 of the Act;

‘criteria’ means the criteria for the recognition and approval of programmes of education and training, leading to the award of a degree in pharmacy published under Rule 7 and which are for the time being in force;

‘designated learning and competencies’ in respect of a person pursuing a qualification appropriate for practice, has the meaning assigned to it in Rule 4 and refers to such document which is for the time being in force;

‘marketing authorisation’, in respect of a medicinal product, has the same meaning as in Regulation 4(1) of the Medicinal Products (Control of Advertising) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 541 of 2007 );

‘medicinal product’ has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Act and includes veterinary medicinal products within the meaning of section 18(2) of the Act;

‘Professional Registration Examination’ means the examination conducted in accordance with Part 5;

‘qualification appropriate for practice’ has the meaning assigned to it in section 16(1) of the Act as referred to in section 14(1)(e) of the Act, as being one of the requirements essential for registration in the Register of Pharmacists;

‘Recognised institution’ means a university or other higher education institution in the State that is recognised by the State as having an equivalent status to that of a University;

‘Register of Pharmacists’ and ‘Register of Retail Pharmacy Businesses’ mean the relevant registers established under section 13(1) of the Act;

‘registered pharmacist’ means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Pharmacists;

‘tutor pharmacist’ means a registered pharmacist who has been recognised by the Council under Rule 19;

‘Registrar’ means the Registrar of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, appointed pursuant to paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act;

‘Society’ means the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, established pursuant to section 5(2) of the Act.

(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a Rule or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to a Rule or Schedule contained in these Rules, any reference to a Part shall be construed as a reference to a Part contained in these Rules, and any reference in a Rule or in a Schedule to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph in that Rule or Schedule.

Designated learning and competencies for persons obtaining qualifications appropriate for practice

4. (1) For the purposes of these Rules, the Council shall prepare, adopt and publish a framework document setting out the designated learning and competencies which must have been acquired by a person who has pursued the programmes of education and training referred to in Rule 5 leading to a qualification appropriate for practice. Such document shall be known as the Designated Learning and Competencies and shall set out the designated learning and competencies including the body of knowledge, the skills, the practical experience, the training and the values which should be acquired by such a person and shall at least include those set out in the Schedule.

(2) The Council shall review and update the designated learning and competencies at intervals not exceeding five years having regard to national and international advancements in the theory and practice of pharmacy and healthcare, including advancements in relevant scientific and technical progress, and national policy in the areas of pharmacy, healthcare practice and higher education.

(3) Where the Council proposes to amend the designated learning and competencies, it shall publish its proposals on its website and issue invitations to the relevant stakeholders to comment, within such reasonable period of time as specified by the Council, upon those proposals.

(4) The Council shall publish on the Society’s website the designated learning and competencies.

PART 2 QUALIFICATIONS APPROPRIATE FOR PRACTICE FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 16(1) OF THE ACT

Qualifications appropriate for practice

5. A person who in accordance with these Rules—

(a) holds a degree in pharmacy that is recognised and approved by the Council in accordance with Part 3,

(b) has completed an in-service practical training programme in accordance with Part 4, and

(c) has passed the Professional Registration Examination in accordance with Part 5,

shall be regarded as holding a qualification appropriate for practice.

PART 3 RECOGNITION AND APPROVAL OF PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING LEADING TO THE AWARD OF A DEGREE IN PHARMACY

Recognition and approval of degrees in pharmacy

6. Subject to the provisions of these Rules and for the purposes of Rule 5(a), the Council may recognise a degree in pharmacy if it—

(a) provides not less than 4 years of full-time theoretical and practical training at a recognised institution, and

(b) conforms to the designated learning and competencies in so far as they are relevant and appropriate to the training specified in paragraph (a).

Criteria for the recognition and approval of programmes of education and training leading to the award of a degree in pharmacy

7. (1) The Council shall, for the purposes of this Part and in accordance with the procedures set out in this Rule, determine, approve and publish criteria for the recognition and approval of programmes of education and training, leading to the award of a degree in pharmacy.

(2) Those criteria shall at least—

(a) incorporate, in an indicative syllabus, those subjects and branches of knowledge set out in paragraph 2 of the Schedule and designated learning and competencies relevant to such programme, and

(b) set out minimum requirements relating to the delivery of the programme including long-term commitment, staffing, premises, facilities, funding, policies, procedures and organisational structures.

(3) The Council shall review the criteria at intervals not exceeding five years having regard to national and international advancements in the theory and practice of pharmacy and healthcare, including advancements in relevant scientific and technical progress, and national policy in the areas of pharmacy, healthcare practice and higher education.

(4) Where the Council proposes to amend the...