No. Under the law, a registered pharmacist may personally manage and operate the business at the premises of only one Authorised Seller of Poisons (pharmacy) at any one time. This means that you cannot be named as the “pharmacist-in-charge” of two or more pharmacies simultaneously. The intent of the legislation is to ensure that the sale of medicines at each pharmacy is subject to the focused, continuous personal supervision of a pharmacist. If you wish to work at multiple pharmacies, you may work shifts at different pharmacies as an ordinary locum pharmacist, but in legal terms each pharmacy must have exactly one designated pharmacist-in-charge who bears ultimate responsibility for supervision.
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As a registered pharmacist, may I serve as the “supervising pharmacist” at several different pharmacies at the same time?
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