Except as provided for in section 29 (3) of the Act, and sections 23(2)(a)(i) and 34 of the Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act, 1982 (Act 19 of 1982), the following acts shall be regarded to be acts specially pertaining to the profession of a pharmacist;
| (1) | the provision of pharmaceutical care by taking responsibility for the patient’s medicine-related needs and being accountable for meeting these needs, which shall include but not be limited to the following functions: |
| (a) | evaluation of a patient’s medicine-related needs by determining the indication, safety and effectiveness of the therapy; |
| (b) | dispensing of any medicine or scheduled substance on the prescription of a person authorised to prescribe medicine; |
| (c) | furnishing of information and advice to any person with regard to the use of medicine; |
| (d) | determining patient compliance with the therapy and follow-up to ensure that the patient’s medicine-related needs are being met; and |
| (e) | the provision of pharmacist-initiated therapy; |
| (2) | the compounding, manipulation, preparation or packaging of any medicine or scheduled substance or the supervision thereof; |
| (3) | the manufacturing of any medicine or scheduled substance or the supervision thereof; |
| (4) | the purchasing, acquiring, importing, keeping, possessing, using, releasing, storage, packaging, repackaging, supplying or selling of any medicine or scheduled substance or the supervision thereof; and |
| (5) | the application for the registration of a medicine in accordance with the Medicines Act. |
