[ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 94.13 PHARMACY BOARD STANDING ORDERS * 15th July, 1969 LEGAL NOTICE 77 of 1969, as amended by: Legal Notice 79 of
- PART I TITLE AND INTERPRETATION
- The title of these regulations is the Pharmacy Board Standing Orders. Title.
- In these Standing Orders, unless the context otherwise requires - Interpretation. "Board" means the Pharmacy Board constituted by the Ordinance; "the Ordinance" means the Department of Health (Constitution) Ordinance. Cap.
- PART II RECORDS OF APPOINTMENT OR ELECTION OF MEMBERS
- The Registrar of the Board shall keep records showing the name of every member and every additional member of the Board, the date of his appointment or election, the authority or the profession by which he has been appointed or elected, the provision of law in accordance with which he has been elected or appointed, his term of office and the date of his retirement, resignation or death. Records. Amended by: L.N. 79 of
- On the resignation, death or the expiry of the term of office of the appointed members, the Chairman shall cause a notice thereof to be sent to the authority concerned. In the case of elected members or elected additional members, the Chairman shall cause an election to be held in accordance with the provisions of article 30
(3)of the Ordinance and of the Pharmacy Board (Elections) Regulations. Vacancies. Amended by: L.N. 79 of
- Cap.
- S.L. 94.12 PART III PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD
- The Board shall hold monthly meetings as specified in paragraph 4
(3)of the Second Schedule attached to the Ordinance. In addition, meetings of the Board may be summoned at any other time by direction of the Chairman and shall also be summoned on a written request signed by not less than three of the members and/or additional members and addressed to the Chairman, who shall cause such meeting to be convened within seven days of the receipt of such request. *These Orders have been repealed by Legal Notice 249 of 2025. Meetings. Amended by: L.N. 79 of 1981. 1 2 [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD Notice of meetings. Amended by: L.N. 79 of 1981. 6. All meetings of the Board shall be convened by the Registrar, by notice addressed to each member and to each additional member, and sent by hand or through registered post. Time and place of meetings. 7. The notice shall state the hour and place of the meeting and its purpose in detail, and whether for general business or for any special business; together with such notice there shall be sent a copy of the minutes of the previous meeting. Agenda. Amended by: L.N. 79 of 1981. 8. The Registrar shall send a copy of the agenda to each member and to each additional member not less than five days before the day of the meeting, except in any case of special urgency, to be decided by the Chairman, when two days’ notice shall suffice. Notice of motions. 9. Any notice of motion to be inserted in the agenda for a meeting must be received by the Registrar at least eight clear days beforehand. Absence of Chairman. Amended by: L.N. 79 of 1981. 10. In the absence of the Chairman from any meeting of the Board, a Chairman for that meeting shall be elected by the members and additional members present. Decisions. 11. The decision of the Board shall be by a majority of votes. The Chairman of the Board or, when the Chairman is absent from a meeting, the Chairman elected for that meeting shall have an original vote and, in the case of an equal division of votes, also a second or casting vote. Quorum. Amended by: L.N. 79 of 1981. 12. No business shall be transacted by the Board unless a quorum of six is present. Order of business 13. The order of business at each regular meeting shall be as follows: (
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- i)reading, amendment, confirmation and signature by the Chairman or by the Chairman elected by the meeting, of the minutes of the previous meeting; (
- ii)business arising out of the minutes; correspondence; matters of urgency; adjourned business; reports of committees; motions on the notice-paper. Variation of order of business. 14. The regular order of business may be varied or suspended at any meeting at the discretion of the Chairman. Suspension of order of business. Amended by: L.N. 79 of 1981. 15. Except by permission of all the members and the additional members present, no member or additional member shall introduce for discussion at a meeting a subject which has not been duly inserted on the notice-paper for that meeting. Motions, etc. 16. Before any motion or amendment is discussed, it shall be proposed and seconded, and shall be reduced to writing. All amendments shall be framed so that they may be read as independent motions. PHARMACY BOARD [ S.L.94.13 3 17. No amendment motion shall be withdrawn after having been read unless by permission of the Board. Withdrawal of amendment motion. 18. The seconder of a motion or of an amendment may reserve his speech to any period of the debate; but only the proposer has the right of final reply. Debate on motion. 19. If an amendment is proposed, it shall be disposed of before any other amendment is moved. Amendment motion. 20. The amendment shall first be put to the vote; and, if it is negatived, a second amendment may be moved, and shall be disposed of in the same way as the first amendment; and so on, until no further amendment is proposed. Disposal of amendment motions. 21. Should every amendment be negatived, the original motion shall then be put to the vote. Original motion. 22. If any amendment is carried, it shall then be regarded as a substantive motion and so treated, as to further amendments and the right of speaking on it in reply, and in all other respects, as an original motion. Amendment motion becomes substantive. 23. When a motion is under debate, no further proposal shall be received, except one of the following: Proposals on motion under debate. (
- i)an amendment, namely, "That the motion be amended as follows .........................."; (
- ii)the postponement of the question, namely, "That the consideration of the motion be postponed"; (iii) the adjournment of the debate, namely, "That the debate on the motion be now adjourned"; (
- iv)the adjournment of the Board, namely, "That the Board do now adjourn"; (
- v)the closure of the debate, namely, "That the Board do now proceed to vote on the motion"; (
- vi)the prejudicial question as to the motion, namely, "That the Board, instead of proceeding to deal with the motion, do pass to the next item on the agenda". 24. When an amendment is under debate, no further proposal shall be received except one of the following: (
- i)the adjournment of the debate on the amendment, namely, "That the debate on the amendment be now adjourned"; (
- ii)the adjournment of the Board, namely, "That the Board do now adjourn"; (iii) the closure of the debate on the amendment, namely, "That the Board does now proceed to vote on the amendment"; (
- iv)the prejudicial question as to the amendment, namely, "That the Board, instead of proceeding to deal with the amendment, do resume the debate on the motion originally proposed". Proposals on amendment motion under debate. 4 [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD Proposal to adjourn debate. 25. The proposal for the postponement of the question may specify a date for the further consideration of the question, or be made sine die. Subsequent business and adjourned motion. 26. If the proposal for the adjournment of the debate is carried, the Board shall pass to the next item on the agenda, and the debate shall be resumed at the next ordinary meeting of the Board. The proposer of the adjournment shall, on the resumption of the debate, be entitled to speak first. Transaction of unopposed business. 27. On the proposal for the adjournment of the Board being made and seconded, it shall be competent for the Chairman before putting the question, to take the opinion of the Board as to whether they will, before rising, proceed to the transaction of unopposed business. Closure of meeting. 28. The proposal for the closure shall be made and seconded without debate, and shall, unless the Chairman shall rule otherwise, be put forthwith. Should the proposal be carried, the motion or amendment under debate shall be at once voted on by the Board. Proposal for previous question. 29. The proposal for the previous question shall be made and seconded without debate, and shall be put forthwith. Should the proposal be carried, the motion or amendment to which it applies shall be dropped from the agenda. Voting. Amended by: L.N. 79 of 1981. 30. A question shall be decided by a show of hands unless a secret ballot be asked for by a member or by an additional member. The vote is to be recorded in the minutes. Rescinding of Board’s decisions. 31. A motion to rescind any decision of the Board cannot be proposed before the lapse of three months from the date of the decision in question unless the Board unanimously decide otherwise. Minutes. 32. All the proceedings of the Board shall be entered in minute form and periodically bound and the names of the members present at each meeting shall be entered in the minutes. Record of motions. Amended by: L.N. 79 of 1981. 33. The minutes of each meeting shall contain such motions and amendments as have been proposed and adopted or negatived, with the names of the proposer and seconder, but without any comment or observation of members or additional members. The reason for the decision should, however, be recorded. Confirmation of minutes. 34. The Chairman shall confirm by his signature the minutes arising out of the business of a meeting. Accuracy of minutes. 35. No motion or discussion shall take place upon the minutes except upon their accuracy, and any question of their accuracy shall be raised by motion. If no such question is raised, or if it is raised, as soon as it has been disposed of, the Chairman shall declare that the minutes are confirmed. Committees.. 36. The Board may appoint as it deems necessary special committees and standing committees to submit recommendations to the Board regarding the matters referred to them by the Board. Such committees shall submit their recommendations in writing to the Chairman of the Board stating the reasons for their recommendations. [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD 37. All proceedings of the Board and of its committees shall be r e g a r d e d a s c o n f i d e n t i a l . T h e B o a r d , h o w e v e r, m a y i s s u e statements and directives as it considers appropriate from time to time. 5 Proceedings to be regarded confidential. PART IV REGISTERS AND REGISTRATION 38. Separate registers shall be kept for the registration of - Keeping of separate registers. (
- a)apothecaries; (
- b)assistant apothecaries: Provided that the register of apothecaries shall contain a supplementary part in which shall be entered the name of any apothecary to whom a temporary licence has been granted by the Minister responsible for Health under the provisions of article 19
(2)of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance.
- Each register shall be in accordance with the form shown in the First Schedule and shall state in respect of each person the particulars referred to in that Schedule.
- Each register shall consist of the following three parts - Cap.
- Form of registers. Division of registers into lists. (a) principal list; (b) Commonwealth list; and (c) foreign list. 41.
(1)An application for registration in any of the registers shall be made to the Registrar in accordance with the form shown in the Second Schedule and, unless the Board otherwise direct, shall be accompanied by the licence granted to the applicant by the Minister responsible for Health. Form of application.
(2)Such licence shall be returned to the applicant by the Registrar as soon as the Board has determined upon the application. 42.
(1)The Registrar shall applications for registration. lay before the Board all Board to decide on registration.
(2)The Registrar, on being directed to do so by the Board, shall enter the particulars of a person accepted for registration in the relevant part of the appropriate register.
- When any person entitled to be registered in any of the registers has his name and particulars entered in the registers, he shall be given a certificate of registration in accordance with the form shown in the Third Schedule. Certificate of registration.
- The entries made in the apothecaries’ register and in the register of assistant apothecaries, other than those in the supplementary part referred to in the proviso to standing order 38 shall, subject to the provisions of standing orders 45, 47 and 52, be permanent. Every registered practitioner shall, however, be bound to notify the Registrar without delay of any change affecting the entry in his respect in any of the registers. Entries in registers to be permanent with certain exceptions. 6 [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD Alterations in registers.
- Subject to the provisions of standing order 46, when a registered practitioner applies to the Registrar to have an alteration made in his registered name or in his registered address, or to have any registrable qualification possessed by him entered in the register in substitution for or in addition to a qualification already registered, the Board shall, on being satisfied that all the requirements of these Standing Orders have been complied with, cause to be entered in the appropriate register the alteration or addition so notified. Requirements for alteration of registered name.
- A registered practitioner, who applies to have an alteration made in his registered name, shall produce in support of his application, such certificates or other documentary evidence as the Board considers necessary. Retention of name already registered.
- On the insertion in the appropriate register of an alteration in the name of a registered practitioner, the Registrar shall retain in the register his name as already registered: Provided that if the practitioner requests that his former name be omitted from the register, his request may be complied with after that name and the new name have appeared together in one issue of the register. Certificate of alteration of registered name.
- A certificate showing the change of name in the register, in accordance with the form shown in the Fourth Schedule, shall be issued on the entry in the appropriate register of an alteration in the name of the practitioner. Temporary registrations. 49.
(1)A temporary registration shall be made in respect of an apothecary, to whom a licence as provided in article 19
(2)of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance has been granted by the Minister responsible for Health. Cap. 31.
(2)An application for temporary registration shall be made in accordance with the form shown in the Fifth Schedule and, unless the Board otherwise directs, shall be accompanied by the licence granted to the applicant by the Minister responsible for Health.
(3)Such licence shall be returned to the applicant by the Registrar as soon as the Board has determined upon the application.
(4)The certificate of temporary registration shall be in the form shown in the Sixth Schedule.
(5)A temporary registration shall be valid for the period fixed in the licence granted by the Minister responsible for Health as aforesaid. Publication of registers. Substituted by: L.N. 79 of 1981. 50.
(1)Each of the registers kept by the Board shall be published every three years or, if the Board so determines, after a shorter interval.
(2)Each of such registers shall show the names and surnames, in alphabetical order of surnames, with the addresses, qualifications and other particulars of all persons appearing therein as existing on the first day of January of the year of publication. Annual letters by Registrar. 51. Subject to any directions which may be given by the Board, letters shall be sent by the Registrar, at least once in each year, to [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD 7 all persons whose names appear in the registers, for the purpose of keeping the registers correct. 52.
(1)If a registered practitioner applies to the Board for the removal of his name from any of the registers, the application shall be in the form of a declaration signed by him specifying the ground or grounds on which the application is made and stating that the applicant is not aware of any proceedings or of any reason for the institution of any proceedings which might result in rendering him liable (
- a)to have his name erased from that register by direction of the Board under article 106, article 110 or article 112 of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance; or (
- b)to have withdrawn from qualification which he holds. him any Removal of name at the instance of practitioners. Cap. 31. registrable
(2)The application shall be considered by the Board, who may, if they think fit, adjourn consideration to a future date, and may require the applicant to furnish further information or explanation either in writing, or orally and in person before the Board.
(3)After considering the application, the Board may, if they think fit, by resolution put from the chair, direct the Registrar to remove the name of the applicant from the register.
(4)If removal is directed, the decision of the Board shall forthwith be notified by the Registrar to the applicant by letter addressed to his registered or last known address. 53. Unless the Board shall otherwise direct, the Registrar shall not restore to the register any name which has been removed under standing order 52, unless the person whose name has been so removed applies in writing for the restoration of his name to the register, saving the provisions of article 111 of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance. Restoration of names removed at instance of practitioner. 54.
(1)The Board shall have a seal of a circular form bearing the figure of a mortar and pestle and interwined serpent enclosed in the inscription "PHARMACOPOLARUM CONSILIUM MELITENSE" followed by the words "ANNO DOMINI" and the year in which the Pharmacy Board was established. Seal.
(2)Cap. 31. The seal shall be kept in the custody of the Registrar. 55.
(1)The Registrar, or another officer of the Board authorised in writing by the Chairman of the Board, shall be authorised to affix the seal to all certificates of registration and to all formal commissions issued by the Board.
(2)Save as aforesaid, the seal shall be affixed only by order or under the authority of the Board.
(3)Any order for affixing the seal shall state the object of its use and shall be entered in the minutes of the Board. Authorisation and object of affixing of seal. 8 [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD FIRST SCHEDULE (Standing Order 39) FORM OF REGISTERS PHARMACY BOARD - MALTA The .............................. Register Address Date of registration Title to Registration and Additional Qualification ...................... ...................... ..................... ......................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ..................... ......................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ..................... ......................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ..................... ......................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ..................... ......................... Original Number of Registration Name ...................... [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD SECOND SCHEDULE (Standing Order 41) FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION PHARMACY BOARD - MALTA Application for Registration I apply to be registered under article ............ of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance. My full name is .......................................................................... (Give full name in capital letters, surname underlined) I was born at ................................ on ......................................... (day, month, year) My home or permanent address* for entry in the Register is ....................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................... The address* to which my Certificate of Registration should be sent is .......................................................................................... ....................................................................................................... Description of qualifications (s) .................................................. Date on which conferred ............................................................. University or Body by which granted .......................................... ................................................................................................... I submit in support of my application the licence granted to me by the Minister responsible for the Department of Health to practise ....................................................................................................... Signature of applicant ................................................................. Date of application ..................................................................... *Give these addresses in full. 9 10 [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD THIRD SCHEDULE (Standing Order 43) FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION PHARMACY BOARD - MALTA CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION IN THE .......... REGISTER (........................... LIST) NUMBER ............................. Date ............................. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the following is a true copy of the entry made in the ............................................... List of the .................... Register in respect of the name specified below : REGISTRATION NUMBER NAME ADDRESS DATE OF REGISTRATIO N QUALIFICATIONS Seal REGISTRAR PHARMACY BOARD - MALTA [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD FOURTH SCHEDULE (Standing Order 48) FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ALTERATION OF REGISTERED NAME PHARMACY BOARD - MALTA CERTIFICATE OF ALTERATION OF NAME IN THE ........................ REGISTER NUMBER ............................. Date ............................. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the following name has been altered as indicated in the ............................................... Register NAME PREVIOUSLY IN REGISTER NAME AS NOW REGISTERED ADDRESS DATE OF REGISTRATIO N QUALIFICATIONS Seal REGISTRAR PHARMACY BOARD - MALTA 11 12 [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD FIFTH SCHEDULE (Standing Order 49
(2)) FORM OF APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY REGISTRATION PHARMACY BOARD- MALTA Application for Temporary Registration I apply for temporary registration as a ......................................... in Malta under article ....................................... of the Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance. My full name is .......................................................................... My permanent address is ............................................................ I was born at ............................... on .......................................... (day, month, year) My present nationality is ............................................................ Description of qualification(s) .................................................... Date on which conferred ............................................................. University or Body by which conferred ....................................... I have *never applied before *already applied on .................................. for temporary registration in Malta. I submit in support of my application the temporary licence granted to me by the Minister responsible for Health to practise ................................................................................................... Signature of applicant ................................................................. Date of application ..................................................................... *Delete whichever is not applicable. PHARMACY BOARD [ S.L.94.13 13 14 [ S.L.94.13 PHARMACY BOARD SIXTH SCHEDULE (Standing Order 49
(4)) FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TEMPORARY REGISTRATION PHARMACY BOARD - MALTA CERTIFICATE OF TEMPORARY REGISTRATION IN THE .............................. REGISTER (PRINCIPAL LIST) NUMBER ............................. Date ............................. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the following is a true copy of the entry in the supplementary part of the principal list of the ............................................. Register in respect of the name specified below: REGISTRATION NUMBER NAME ADDRESS DATE OF REGISTRATION PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF REGISTRATION QUALIFICATIONS Seal REGISTRAR PHARMACY BOARD - MALTA