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Australian Pharmaceutical Organisations in the Pharmacy Australia Directory
The following is an extensive list of organisations relevant to the Australian pharmaceutical industry, including state-specific and national organisations, Government and guilds.
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Pharmaceutical Organisations
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
PSA is the peak national professional pharmacy organisation representing approximately 75 per cent of pharmacists across Australia. PSA has a dual function, supporting pharmacists’ commitment to high standards of patient care and continuing professional education, and representing their role as frontline health professionals. PSA’s primary role is to provide initial and ongoing education, training and practice support for pharmacists and pharmacy staff.
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) is the professional body which represents over 2,500 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians practising in all parts of the Australian health system. SHPA has a long-standing commitment to the profession of hospital pharmacy and to the profession’s role in ensuring optimal health outcomes for Australian consumers by the safe and effective use of medicines.
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia
The Guild promotes the value of community pharmacists in the health care system to government, the industry and the community.
Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy
The AACP is the organisation accrediting and supporting Consultant Pharmacists in Australia.
The Australian Pharmacy Council
The Australian Pharmacy Council was formed in 2002 as the national body for Australian State and Territory authorities responsible for the registration of pharmacists. The principal purposes of the Australian Pharmacy Council are to: provide leadership in developing and implementing nationally consistent policies, processes and approaches to pharmacy practice, regulation and registration; accredit pharmacy schools and programs; and authorising agencies to accredit continuing professional development activities; conduct examinations towards eligibility for registration; assess the qualifications and skills of pharmacy graduates towards Australian registration and permanent residency.
Pharmacy Board of the ACT
The principle aim of the Board is to protect the public and as such, the Board is responsible for ensuring that only persons who are eligible and hold appropriate qualifications are registered as pharmacists in the ACT. Once registered, those persons practise pharmacy within the requirements of the Health Professionals Act 2004, and according to accepted standards of professional conduct.
Pharmacy Board of New South Wales
The Pharmacy Board of New South Wales is established under the provisions of the Pharmacy Practice Act 2006 to exercise the powers, authorities, duties and functions required by the Act.
Pharmacy Board of the Northern Territory
The Pharmacy Board of the Northern Territory is a statutory body responsible for ensuring the public is protected through the regulation of pharmacists registered in the Northern Territory.
Pharmacy Board of Queensland
The Pharmacists Board of Queensland is the body responsible for the registration of Pharmacists in Queensland. Before a person in Queensland may practice as, or hold themselves out to be, a Pharmacist, he or she must first register with the Board.
Pharmacy Board of South Australia
The Pharmacy Board of South Australia is an autonomous statutory authority established under the Pharmacy Practice Act 2007 whose functions include the registering of pharmacists, pharmacy students and pharmacy premises, education and training of pharmacists, dealing with complaints, issues of impairment of pharmacists and the maintenance of the highest practice standards of pharmacy for the community in South Australia.
Pharmacy Board of Tasmania
The Pharmacy Board of Tasmania is the independent statutory body created by the Pharmacists Registration Act 2001 to maintain the Register of pharmacists in Tasmania and administer the Act.
Pharmacy Board of Victoria
The Pharmacy Board of Victoria is responsible for the practice of pharmacists and the administration of pharmacy legislation in Victoria. One of the Pharmacy Board of Victoria's primary objectives is to be accessible to pharmacy professionals and consumers, providing information, education, support and ensuring the responsible management pharmacy practice in Victoria.
Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia
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.