SCHEDULE 2Visiting Practitioners from relevant European States

PART 2Pharmacy technicians

First provision of services: required documents12

1

A visiting practitioner who proposes to provide occasional pharmacy services for the first time must, before providing those services, send or produce to the Registrar the required documents.

2

The required documents are—

a

a written declaration that—

i

states the practitioner’s wish to provide occasional pharmacy services, and

ii

contains details of the indemnity arrangement, or the other means of personal or collective protection, that the practitioner has in place in respect of liabilities that may be incurred in practising as a pharmacy technician;

b

if the practitioner is a national of a relevant European State, proof of nationality;

c

if the practitioner is not a national of a relevant European State, proof of the Community right by virtue of which the practitioner is an exempt person;

d

evidence of qualifications in pharmacy (see also paragraph 13); and

e

a certificate (or certificates) issued by a competent authority in the practitioner’s home State confirming—

i

that the practitioner is lawfully established as a pharmacy technician in that State, and

ii

that the practitioner is not prohibited (whether on a permanent or temporary basis) from practising as a pharmacy technician there;

f

if a certificate of the type referred to in paragraph (e) is not available, such other information or documents from such other individuals, authorities or organisations as the Council may prescribe.

3

A declaration under sub-paragraph (2)(a) may be supplied by any means.