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"annual fee" means the annual fee determined by the Council in terms of
section 28(1 )(b)
"appeal committee" means the appeal committee established by the
Council in terms of section 12(3)(a);
"certificate of status" means a certificate setting out the information
referred to in section 30(2);
"continuing professional development" means the continuing professional
development contemplated in section 32;
"commencement date" means the date of commencement of this Act;
"committee" means a committee established in terms of section 12;
"community pharmacy" means a pharmacy where business is conducted
with, and medicines supplied to, the public, and "community pharmacist"
has a corresponding meaning;
"Council" means the Pharmacy Council of Namibia established by section
3;
"dentist" means a person registered as such in terms of the Medical and
Dental Act, 2004;
"educational institution" means any university, college, technical college,
technikon, training facility, or other similar or related institution where a
qualification can be obtained which complies with the requirements of a
prescribed qualification contemplated in section 18;
"education committee" means the education committee established in
terms of section 12(4)(a);
"executive committee" means the executive committee established in
terms of section 12(1)(a);

"fees", in relation to an application, means the fees relating to the

application concerned determined by the Council in terms of section 28(1)
(a), and "application fees" has a corresponding meaning;
"former Pharmacy Board" means the Pharmacy Board established by
section 2 of the Pharmacy Professions Act, 1993 (Act No. 23 of 1993), and
in existence immediately before the commencement date, and "former
Board" has a corresponding meaning;
"inquiry" means a professional conduct inquiry in terms of PART VI;
"Interim Council" means the Interim Council established in terms of
section 70;
"in writing", relating to any notice to be given, includes a notice, a record,
the agenda or the minutes of a meeting, or an extract therefrom, sent,
delivered or dispatched to the intended recipient by hand, by registered
post or by means of facsimile or e-mail, or in any prescribed manner,
addressed to the applicable address furnished in writing by that intended
recipient, or which has been entered into the register in which the name of
the registered person concerned appears;
"legal practitioner" means a legal practitioner as defined in section 1 of the
Legal Practitioners Act, 1995 (Act No. 15 of 1995);
"medical practitioner" means a person registered as such in terms of the
Medical and Dental Act, 2004;
"medicine" means a medicine as defined in section 1 of the Medicines and
Related Substances Control Act, 2003 (Act No. 13 of2003);
"member of the Council" means a member of the Council appointed,
designated or elected, as the case may be, in terms of section 7;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Health;
"Ministry" means the Ministry responsible for Health;

"other examining authority" means an examining authority recognised by

the Minister in terms of section 18(4);
"Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry
responsible for Health;
"pharmaceutical care" means the assessment and determination of the
medicinal needs of a person and the provision of the medicine required by
that person and of the necessary services and relevant information before,
during and after the treatment concerned, in order to assure the optimally
safe and effective treatment of such person to improve that person's quality
oflife, and includes a feedback mechanism to facilitate the continuity of
such care by the person who provides it;
"pharmaceutical technician" means a person registered as such in terms of
this Act, or regarded to be so registered in terms of section 71;
"pharmacist" means a person registered as such in terms of this Act, or
regarded to be so registered in terms of section 71;
"pharmacist intern" means a person registered as such in terms of this Act,
or regarded to be so registered in terms of section 71;
"pharmacist's assistant" means any person registered as such in terms of
this Act, or regarded to be so registered in terms of section 71;
"pharmacy" means any place in which any act specifically pertaining to the
profession of a pharmacist is performed;
"pharmacy business" means the business conducted by a pharmacist in
terms of this Act, and "business of a pharmacist" has a corresponding
meaning;
"practise", in relation to a profession to which this Act applies, includes the
taking up of employment where any act specially pertaining to such
profession is performed;
"preliminary investigation committee" means the preliminary investigation
committee established in terms of section 12(5)(a);