Fitness to Practise
The Department’s Medicines Inspection and Investigation Team work with
the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to ensure that pharmacists are fit to practise.
The Medicines Inspection and Investigation Team routinely inspect all
registered pharmacies to ensure that the premises and the pharmacist on duty are complying with the
standards of conduct and performance set by the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland and the Department
and with obligations imposed on the profession of pharmacy by statute.
Where a person registered with the Society or lawfully conducting a
retail pharmacy business fails to comply with those standards and legal obligations, the Medicines Inspection
and Investigation Team take action to enforce those standards and legal obligations.
The legislation that provides powers for inspection and enforcement
and sets out the procedures for the Society’s disciplinary committee is “The Pharmacy (Northern Ireland)
Order 1976 and you can view this by going to:
This
legislation is currently being revised to update the fitness to
practise machinery to ensure that it meets the requirements of a modern regulator.
