Regulating Australia’s pharmacists​

The Pharmacy Board of Australia works to ensure that Australia’s pharmacists are suitably trained, qualified and safe to practise. Public safety is our priority.

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The Pharmacy Board of Australia supports safe practice by publishing regulatory standards, codes, guidelines, updates and other resources for pharmacists, graduate students and the public.

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PRACTITIONER SUPPORT

Supporting safe healthcare
Check out the resource hub that supports professional practice and safe healthcare by all regulated health professionals, including pharmacists.
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Need to know

BOARD NEWS

Our latest newsletter

BOARD NEWS

Meet the Board

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Pharmacists’ code of conduct

NOTIFICATIONS

How we manage concerns about practitioners

Latest News

Newsletter from the National Board

TRIBUNAL SUMMARY

Pharmacist cancelled for possessing prescription medication illegally and offering to supply drugs

TRIBUNAL SUMMARY

Pharmacist suspended for inappropriately dispensing restricted medications

NOTIFICATIONS

Have a concern about a practitioner?

I have a concern. Am I in the right place?

What happens when someone reports a concern?

Who is required to make a mandatory notification?

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LEGAL REFORMS

Changes to the law governing health practitioners

Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.

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PUBLIC SAFETY

Practitioner search

Look up your pharmacist to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.

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PUBLIC SAFETY

Eliminating racism from healthcare

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy

PRACTITIONER SUPPORT

What to expect if a concern is raised about you

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Translations available

Read about safe healthcare practice and COVID-19 in Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Greek, Italian or Vietnamese.

EMPLOYER SERVICES

Check the credentials of your health employees and sign up for alerts

Practitioner information exchange (PIE)

Check employee registration status

Check multiple registrations

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EDUCATION

Search approved programs of study

The Australian Pharmacy Council accredits education providers and programs of study.

Newborn Baby Healthcare

PODCAST

Conversations about safe healthcare

On our Taking care podcast, we talk with the community about the safe delivery of healthcare in Australia.

Ahpra health practitioner shared code of conduct

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Shared code of conduct

Learn about the behaviour that is expected of practitioners in 12 regulated health professions, including pharmacy.

REGISTRATION

What happens if I am audited?

Audits are an important part of the way National Boards and Ahpra can better protect the public.

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CODES AND GUIDELINES

Advertising guidelines​

Helping practitioners understand their obligations when advertising, including the laws that apply.

Professional Indemnity Insurance requirements

REGISTRATION STANDARDS

Professional indemnity insurance

Is your cover up to date? Familiarise yourself with the registration requirements for PII.

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Join a board, committee or panel

Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?

PRACTITIONER SUPPORT

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce webinar series

Through listening to experiences of Indigenous practitioners, we aim to increase and support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce.

PODCAST

Innovations in rural and remote healthcare

In conversation with Faye McMillan, Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner.

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BOARD NEWS

Understanding the role of the Pharmacy Board
Check out this diagram to see how the Board’s role in the regulation of pharmacists, interns and students fits with other regulators and stakeholders.​
Learn more
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BOARD NEWS

Case study learnings
These case studies have been published by the Pharmacy Board of Australia to help practitioners understand and meet their professional and legal obligations as a registered pharmacist.​
Learn more

Need to know

BOARD NEWS

Our latest newsletter

BOARD NEWS

Meet the Board

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Pharmacists’ code of conduct

NOTIFICATIONS

How we manage concerns about practitioners

Latest News

Newsletter from the National Board

TRIBUNAL SUMMARY

Pharmacist cancelled for possessing prescription medication illegally and offering to supply drugs

TRIBUNAL SUMMARY

Pharmacist suspended for inappropriately dispensing restricted medications

Ahpra_Card_nationallaw_20230518

LEGAL REFORMS

Changes to the law governing health practitioners

Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.

Photo of two people talking at a table

PUBLIC SAFETY

Practitioner search

Look up your pharmacist to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.

PRACTITIONER SUPPORT

What to expect if a concern is raised about you

Ahpra health practitioner shared code of conduct

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Shared code of conduct

Learn about the behaviour that is expected of practitioners in 12 regulated health professions, including pharmacy.

Graphic of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artwork

PUBLIC SAFETY

Eliminating racism from healthcare

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy

NOTIFICATIONS

Have a concern about a practitioner?

I have a concern. Am I in the right place?

What happens when someone reports a concern?

Who is required to make a mandatory notification?

2022/23 annual report out now

BOARD NEWS

2022/23 annual report out now

Read about the work of the Pharmacy Board of Australia in 2022/23.

Graphic of greetings in different languages

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Translations available

Read about safe healthcare practice and COVID-19 in Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Greek, Italian or Vietnamese.

EMPLOYER SERVICES

Check the credentials of your health employees and sign up for alerts

Practitioner information exchange (PIE)

Check employee registration status

Check multiple registrations

Students in lecture theater

EDUCATION

Search approved programs of study

The Australian Pharmacy Council accredits education providers and programs of study.

Newborn Baby Healthcare

PODCAST

Conversations about safe healthcare

On our Taking care podcast, we talk with the community about the safe delivery of healthcare in Australia.

REGISTRATION

What happens if I am audited?

Audits are an important part of the way National Boards and Ahpra can better protect the public.

Social media icons on mobile device

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Advertising guidelines​

Helping practitioners understand their obligations when advertising, including the laws that apply.

Professional Indemnity Insurance requirements

REGISTRATION STANDARDS

Professional indemnity insurance

Is your cover up to date? Familiarise yourself with the registration requirements for PII.

Photo of committee meeting

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Join a board, committee or panel

Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?

PRACTITIONER SUPPORT

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce webinar series

Through listening to experiences of Indigenous practitioners, we aim to increase and support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce.

PODCAST

Innovations in rural and remote healthcare

In conversation with Faye McMillan, Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner.

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REGISTRATION

About to graduate?
Find out about how to progress from study to work with information and resources about internships.​
Learn more
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BOARD NEWS

Oral exam dates
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) conducts oral examinations on behalf of the Pharmacy Board of Australia.​
Check the schedule​
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REGISTRATION

Transition from provisional to general registration
Pharmacy interns with provisional registration seeking to work unsupervised as pharmacy practitioners in Australia must first obtain general registration.​
Find out more
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BOARD NEWS

Understanding the role of the Pharmacy Board
Check out this diagram to see how the Board’s role in the regulation of pharmacists, interns and students fits with other regulators and stakeholders.​
Learn more

Need to know

BOARD NEWS

Our latest newsletter

BOARD NEWS

Meet the Board

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Pharmacists’ code of conduct

NOTIFICATIONS

How we manage concerns about practitioners

Latest News

Newsletter from the National Board

TRIBUNAL SUMMARY

Pharmacist cancelled for possessing prescription medication illegally and offering to supply drugs

TRIBUNAL SUMMARY

Pharmacist suspended for inappropriately dispensing restricted medications

Photo of two people talking at a table

PUBLIC SAFETY

Practitioner search

Look up your pharmacist to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.

PRACTITIONER SUPPORT

What to expect if a concern is raised about you

Graphic of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artwork

PUBLIC SAFETY

Eliminating racism from healthcare

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy

NOTIFICATIONS

Have a concern about a practitioner?

I have a concern. Am I in the right place?

What happens when someone reports a concern?

Who is required to make a mandatory notification?

Ahpra health practitioner shared code of conduct

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Shared code of conduct

Learn about the behaviour that is expected of practitioners in 12 regulated health professions, including pharmacy.

Graphic of greetings in different languages

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Translations available

Read about safe healthcare practice and COVID-19 in Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Greek, Italian or Vietnamese.

Students in lecture theater

EDUCATION

Search approved programs of study

The Australian Pharmacy Council accredits education providers and programs of study.

Newborn Baby Healthcare

PODCAST

Conversations about safe healthcare

On our Taking care podcast, we talk with the community about the safe delivery of healthcare in Australia.

REGISTRATION

What happens if I am audited?

Audits are an important part of the way National Boards and Ahpra can better protect the public.

Social media icons on mobile device

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Advertising guidelines​

Helping practitioners understand their obligations when advertising, including the laws that apply.

Photo of committee meeting

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Join a board, committee or panel

Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?

PRACTITIONER SUPPORT

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce webinar series

Through listening to experiences of Indigenous practitioners, we aim to increase and support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce.

PODCAST

Innovations in rural and remote healthcare

In conversation with Faye McMillan, Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner.

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REGISTRATION

Want to work in Australia?
General information about applying to work as a health practitioner in Australia is available for international applicants. Find out about the process and what you must include in your application.
Access resources
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REGISTRATION

International pharmacists
To work as a pharmacist in Australia you must be registered with the Pharmacy Board of Australia. Some overseas-trained pharmacists may need to meet specific requirements before being registered.
Check the requirements

Need to know

BOARD NEWS

Our latest newsletter

REGISTRATION STANDARDS

Core registration standards

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Pharmacists’ code of conduct

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PUBLIC SAFETY

Resources supporting the public
Ahpra and the National Boards have published information for the public to help make safer healthcare choices.
What we’re doing
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BOARD NEWS

Developing standards for pharmacist prescribing
We are developing accreditation standards for pharmacist prescribing education programs to inform future development of models of prescribing by pharmacists.
Read more
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BOARD NEWS

Pharmacy regulation at work
We regularly publish summaries of tribunal decisions relating to pharmacists as a professional learning tool.​
Read the latest decisions

Need to know

BOARD NEWS

Our latest newsletter

BOARD NEWS

Meet the Board

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Pharmacists’ code of conduct

NOTIFICATIONS

How we manage concerns about practitioners

Latest News

Newsletter from the National Board

TRIBUNAL SUMMARY

Pharmacist cancelled for possessing prescription medication illegally and offering to supply drugs

TRIBUNAL SUMMARY

Pharmacist suspended for inappropriately dispensing restricted medications

Photo of two people talking at a table

PUBLIC SAFETY

Practitioner search

Look up your pharmacist to check their registration status, qualifications and suitability to care for you.

NOTIFICATIONS

Have a concern about a practitioner?

I have a concern. Am I in the right place?

What happens when someone reports a concern?

Who is required to make a mandatory notification?

Ahpra_Card_nationallaw_20230518

LEGAL REFORMS

Changes to the law governing health practitioners

Wide-ranging reforms of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law focused on public safety.

Graphic of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artwork

PUBLIC SAFETY

Eliminating racism from healthcare

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy

Graphic of greetings in different languages

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Translations available

Read about safe healthcare practice and COVID-19 in Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Greek, Italian or Vietnamese.

2022/23 annual report out now

BOARD NEWS

2022/23 annual report out now

Read about the work of the Pharmacy Board of Australia in 2022/23.

Students in lecture theater

EDUCATION

Search approved programs of study

The Australian Pharmacy Council accredits education providers and programs of study.

Ahpra health practitioner shared code of conduct

CODES AND GUIDELINES

Shared code of conduct

Learn about the behaviour that is expected of practitioners in 12 regulated health professions, including pharmacy.

Newborn Baby Healthcare

PODCAST

Conversations about safe healthcare

On our Taking care podcast, we talk with the community about the safe delivery of healthcare in Australia.

Photo of committee meeting

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Join a board, committee or panel

Would you like to help protect the safety of the public and contribute to health practitioner regulation?

PRACTITIONER SUPPORT

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce webinar series

Through listening to experiences of Indigenous practitioners, we aim to increase and support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce.

PODCAST

Innovations in rural and remote healthcare

In conversation with Faye McMillan, Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner.