COURSE OF TRAINING, STUDY AND EXAMINATION FOR APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION AS PHARMACISTS REGULATIONS

COURSE OF TRAINING, STUDY AND EXAMINATION FOR APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION AS PHARMACISTS REGULATIONS

COURSE OF TRAINING, STUDY AND EXAMINATION
FOR APPLICANTS FOR REGISTRATION AS
PHARMACISTS REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 138, section 4).

[1st January, 1938.]

REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION AS AN APPRENTICE OR STUDENT.

1. Every applicant for registration as an apprentice or student
must have entered into Articles of Pupilage with a registered phar-
macist or with a body corporate entitled to become an authorized
seller of poisons, or with a pharmacist jointly with either the
committee of a hospital or similar institution or the owner of a
pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratory:
Provided that where a person is engaged on a full time agree-
ment in a Government hospital or other Government institution
under the direction of a qualified pharmacist, such agreement shall
be accepted in the place of Articles of Pupilage.

2. - At the time of making an application for registration as
an apprentice or student the applicant shall-
(a)lodge with the registrar a certificate of having passed the
Matriculation Examination of the University of Hong
Kong or such other equivalent examination as the regis-
trar shall approve;
(b) pay the prescribed fee for registration;
(c) lodge with the registrar a copy of his Articles of Pupilage.

QUALIFYiNG ExAmINATioN-GENERAL.

3. The Qualifying Examination shall be styled 'The Chemist
and Druggist Qualifying Examination'.

4. The Qualifying Examination shall be in two parts, the
first part the Intermediate Examination and the second part the
Final Examination.

TRAINING AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE
QUALIFYiNo ExAMINATioN.

Requirements for entry to the Intermediate Examination.

5. The Intermediate Examination shall be held twice a year
in June and December. When applying to enter for the first time,
the candidate shall-
(a) have been registered as an apprentice or student;





(b) pay the prescribed fee;

(c)lodge with the registrar a certificate on the official form
obtainable from the registrar signed by the applicant's
principal or his authorized deputy that, subsequent to
registration as an apprentice or student, he has attended
a course of approved instruction at a recognized educa-
tional institution over a period of one year full time study
or two years' attendance at evening classes.

6. The subjects of the Intermediate Examination shall be
Chemistry, Physics and Biology and the examination shall be con-
ducted in accordance with the syllabus as approved from time to
time by the Governor in Council. The registrar shall supply, with-
out fee, a copy of the syllabus to any person on application.

7. A person who has been registered as an apprentice or
student and who satisfies the registrar that he has passed one of
the examinations set out in Appendix 1 shall be deemed to have
passed the Intermediate Examination provided that the subjects
include Chemistry, Physics and Biology. If the subjects include
two only of those prescribed in these regulations he shall be deem-
ed to have passed the examination in such two subjects.

8. A candidate shall present himself for examination in all
of the subjects of the examination except that a candidate who
shall be deemed to have passed the examination in two of the
subjects only may present himself for examination in the one re-
maining subject.

9. A candidate who has failed to satisfy the Examiners in
one subject only may, subject to the permission of the Examiners,
present himself for examination in that one subject only. Before
he applies to enter again for the examination a candidate who has
failed to satisfy the Examiners shall produce satisfactory evidence
to the Examiners that he has complied with any conditions made
by them concerning his presenting himself for examination in the
subject in which he failed to satisfy the Examiners.

10. Except in the following circumstances no fee or portion
of a fee shall be returned-

(a)a candidate who withdraws before the last date of entry
for the examination shall receive back the fee paid.,

(b)a candidate who has entered for the examination but fails
to present himself and submits proof satisfactory to the
registrar that his absence was due to illness or other un-
avoidable cause shall receive back the fee paid.





Requirements for Entry to the Final Examination.

11. The Examination shall be held twice a year in March
and October. When applying to enter the Examination for the
first time a candidate shall-

(a)have passed or be deemed to have passed the Intermediate
Examination;

(b) pay the prescribed fee;

(c) produce to the registrar---
(1) a certificate of registration of birth;
(H) a declaration, signed by the candidate on the
official form obtainable from the registrar, that he has
been trained under the supervision of a registered phar-
macist in the dispensing and compounding of medicines
for a period of not less than four thousand hours, spread
over not less than two years, in one of the following
places-
(i)a set of premises registered under Part I of the
Ordinance;
(ii) a manufacturing pharmaceutical laboratory;
(iii) a dispensary of a hospital or similar institution.
The declaration shall state the address of the place or
places at which the course has been undergone with the
dates and periods of such training and shall be signed
by the pharmacist who supervised the training. The
declaration shall only be valid if the course was under-
gone by the candidate subsequent to registration as an
apprentice or student and while serving under Articles
of Pupilage in accordance with regulations, and only if
the course was subsequent to such Articles of Pupilage
having been endorsed by the registrar and a copy lodged
with him;
(III) a certificate on the official form obtainable
from the registrar signed by the candidate's principal or
his deputy that, subsequent to having passed or being
deemed to have passed the Intermediate Examination,
the candidate has attended at a recognized educational
institution an approved systematic course of instruction
in the subjects of the Final Examination and has com-
pleted the work to the satisfaction of the principal. The
course of instruction shall be spread over a period of
not less than 250 hours in Pharmaceutics, 250 hours in
Pharmaceutical Chemistry and 250 hours in Physiology,
Pharmacognosy and Forensic Pharmacy.





12. The subjects of the Examination shall be Pharmaceu-
tics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacognosy, Physiology and
Forensic Pharmacy, and shall be in accordance with the syllabus
as approved from time to time by the Governor in Council. The
registrar shall supply, without fee, a copy of the syllabus to any
person on application.

13. A candidate shall present himself for examination in all
subjects of the Examination except that-
(a)a candidate who has failed to satisfy the Examiners in
one subject only, may, subject to the permission of the
Examiners, present himself for examination in that one
subject only. Before he applies to enter again for the
Examination a candidate who has failed to satisfy the
Examiners shall produce satisfactory evidence to the
Examiners that he has complied with any conditions
made by them concerning his presenting himself again
for examination in the subject in which he failed to
satisfy the Examiners;
(b)a candidate who satisfies the Examiners in the subject
or subjects in which he presents himself for examination
in accordance with these regulations shall be granted a
certificate by the Examiners to that effect and entitling
him to be registered as a chemist and druggist in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Ordinance:
Provided that no such certificate shall be issued
until such time as the candidate has attained the age
of twenty-one years.

14. The Articles of Pupilage shall contain the provisions of
the draft Articles set out in Appendix 2 or provisions to like
effect or the provisions of any Articles under which the candidate
may have been serving on the 18th March, 1949, provided that
such Articles had been endorsed by the registrar.

15. Except in the following circumstances no fee or portion
of a fee shall be returned-
(a)a candidate who withdraws before the last date of entry
for the examination shall receive back the fee paid;
(b)a candidate who has entered for the examination but
fails to present himself and submits to the registrar proof
satisfactory to the registrar that his absence was due to
illness or other unavoidable cause shall receive back the
fee paid.

16. Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing regula-
tions it shall be permissible for the registrar to exempt from com-
pliance with any requirement contained in such of the regulations





as apply to examinations for registration as an apprentice or
student to courses of theoretical and practical study, any person
who produces evidence to the satisfaction of the registrar that
either-
(a)he has complied with a corresponding requirement under
previous regulations at the time such regulations were in
force; or
(b)he has received a sufficient preliminary practical training
in a course of study for the subjects of the examination.

17. Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing regula-
tions the registrar may, subject to such conditions as he may
prescribe, accept a practical course of study undergone in a
place other than Hong Kong provided the person is registered
as an apprentice or student.

18. A candidate who has received training in a place other
than Hong Kong may, at the discretion of the registrar. be
admitted to the Final Examination of the Chemist and Druggist
Qualifying Examination provided that-
(a)he produces evidence satisfactory to the registrar of
having undergone a course of training and study which,
in the opinion of the registrar, is equivalent to that
required under regulation 11;
(b)he produces evidence satisfactory to the registrar of
having passed an examination which in the opinion of
the registrar is equivalent to the Intermediate Examina-
tion of the Chemist and Druggist Qualifying Examina-
tion;
(c)he pays the prescribed fee for entry to the Final
Examination.

CITATION.

19. These regulations may be cited as the Course of Train-
ing, Study and Examination for Applicants for Registration as
Pharmacists Regulations.

APPENDIX 1. [reg. 7.]

ExAmINATION ACCEPTED IN PLACE OF THE FiRsT PART OR
INTERMEDIATE ExAMINATION FOR THE CUEMIST AND
DRuGGiST QUALi~G ExAmINATioN.

A candidate shall be deemed to have passed the Intermediate Examina-
tion of the Chemist and Druggist Qualifying Examination if he produces
evidence to the registrar as having passed one of the following examinations
provided that the subjects include Chemistry, Physics and Biology-
(a) the Final or Intermediate Examination for a degree in Arts or
Science of the University of Hong Kong or of any other British
or Colonial or Dominion University;





(b) the Higher School Examination;

(c)the First or any subsequent examination for any degree or
diploma recognized by the General Medical Council;

(d)the Preliminary Scientific Examination for Chemist and Druggist
of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance if taken prior to the
18th of March, 1949.

APPENDIX 2. [reg. 14.]

DRAFT ARmcLEs OF PUPILAGE.

It is agreed between ..of
(hereinafter called the Employer) of the first part .................................
of ..................................... (hereinafter called the Pupil), son or ward of
.... (hereinafter called the Parent or Guardian)
of the third part, as follows:-

1. The Pupil for himself and the Parent or Guardian as surety for
him jointly and severally bind themselves that the Pupil shall honestly
faithfully and diligently serve the Employer in his business of Dispensing
Chemist for a period of ...........years f rom the day of
............................................ Nineteen hundred and which
day is declared to be the commencement of the Pupilage of the Pupil; that
the Pupil shall always keep the Employer's secrets and shall obey his
lawful commands, and shall not without authority make copies of any
papers or books belonging to the Employer; that the Pupil shall not absent
himself from the Employer's service without leave, shall behave himself
civilly and respectfully to the Employer and his customers, shall observe
the rules appended to these Articles and shall both during and outside of
business hours abstain from all illegal practices.

2. And the Employer (in consideration of the Premium of
H.KA ....now paid by the Parent or Guardian the receipt of
which the Employer hereby acknowledges)* binds himself to instruct the
Pupil in his business of Dispensing Chemist; to afford the Pupil such
reasonable opportunities and work as may be required to enable him to
learn the same; to observe the rules appended to these Articles; to grant
the Pupil such facilities to attend such classes as may be necessary; on
their due completion to discharge these Articles in the form provided and
if in his opinion correct, to verify the facts set out in the declaration
regarding the practical study required by the regulations to be made by
the Pupil when entering for the Qualifying Examination.

3. And the Employer further binds his executors and administrators
to repay to the Parent or Guardian a proportionate part of the premium
afore-mentioned in the event of the death of the Employer before the
expiration of these Articles, or alternatively to make provision for the com-
pletion by the Pupil of the remainder of the Pupilage under conditions
acceptable under the afore-mentioned regulations without cost to the Parent
or Guardian.





4. In Witness Whereof the parties to these Articles have set their
hands and seals this .............day of Nineteen
hundred and

Signed, Scaled and Delivered by the .......
said Employer in the presence of(Employer)

.............1 1
(Witness)

Occupation ........ .

Address ................................

Signed, Scaled and Delivered by the
said Pupil in the presence of

......................
( Witness)

Occupation ...................................

Address .... ...........................

Signed, Scaled and Delivered by !he ....................... ..
said Parent or Guardian in the (Parent or Guardian)
presence of

Occupation
Address

In the foregoing Articles words importing the singular number shall
include the plural and vice versa. words importing the masculine gender
shall include the feminine, the words importing persons shall include Firms
and Corporations. unless there be anything in the context repugnant to
such construction.

DISCHARGE.

.................................in respect that ........ ........ ... has
served me in terms of the foregoing Articles during the whole period herein
stipulated do hereby discharge him and also .. .
of all obligations under the said Articles.

In Witness Whereof 1 have set my hand this day of
................ - - 1 .. Nineteen hundred and

No receipt stamp necessary,
delete if not applicable,

APPENDIX.

Rules for Practical Course of Study During Apprenticeship.

1. The employer shall from time to time if so requested. furnish
such information as may be required by the registrar about the staff,
accommodation. equipment and work of the shop. hospital, dispensary or
manufacturing laboratory where the apprenticeship is being carried out, and





shall permit a representative of the registrar to inspect the premises at any
reasonable time during working hours.

2. If the employer is not a registered pharmacist or does not under-
take personally the practical course of study of the pupil he shall appoint
some registered pharmacist member of his staff who shall be responsible
to the employer therefor.

3. The practical course of study shall include-
(a) the manipulation of pharmaceutical apparatus in common use;
(b) the preparation of the more commonly used galenicals;
(c)the reading, translation and copying of prescriptions including the
checking of doses;
(d) the dispensing of prescriptions;
(e)experience in the keeping of the records required by the different
parts of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance and Dangerous
Drugs Ordinance. as affecting pharmaceutical practice.

4. The apprentice or pupil shall keep a record of his work.

5. The employer shall provide such apparatus, books of reference,
materials and the opportunity to enable the pupil to undergo the practical
course of study outlined in paragraph 3.

6. The number of pupils that may be employed in any shop, hospital
dispensary or manufacturing pharmaceutical laboratory, shall not exceed
two for each registered pharmacist engaged in the work in which the
pupil is undergoing the course mentioned and referred to above.
8 of 1937, First Schedule. G.N.A. 54/49. G.N.A. 187/52. G.N.A. 187/52. (Cap. 138.) (Cap. 138.) (Cap. 138.) (Cap. 134.)

8 of 1937, First Schedule. G.N.A. 54/49. G.N.A. 187/52. G.N.A. 187/52. (Cap. 138.) (Cap. 138.) (Cap. 138.) (Cap. 134.)

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