Just in case you may not pay attention, the change of the Pharmacist Registration Act which was signed into laws last year also paved the way for the structural change of the old familiar Singapore Pharmacy Board which most of us have grown to acquaint with. The MOH agency – Singapore Pharmacy Board – has since 01-Sep-2008 been superseded by a separate body renamed as Singapore Pharmacy Council.

Singapore Pharmacy Council is now a statutory body and will continue to look after the registration, practice and disciplinary matters of pharmacists in Singapore. Heading the newly formed  Singapore Pharmacy Council is PSS Past President Mr. Wu Tuck Seng.The Council comprises of 11 members whose functions as stated in Section 5 of the Pharmacists Registration Act (PRA) are:

1. To keep and maintain registers of registered pharmacists;

2. To approve or reject applications for registration under the PRA or to approve any such application subject to such restrictions as it may think fit;

3. To issue certificates of registration and practising certificates to registered pharmacists;

4. To make recommendations to the appropriate authorities on the courses of instructions and examinations leading to a Singapore degree;

5. To prescribe and implement measures, guidelines and standards for the training of persons seeking registration as pharmacists under PRA;

6. To make recommendations to the appropriate authorities for the training and education of registered pharmacists;

7. To determine and regulate the conduct and ethics of registered pharmacists; and

8. Generally to do all such acts and matters and things as are necessary to be carried out under the PRA

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