New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

PHARMACY (GENERAL) REGULATION 1998 - REG 16

16 Advertising

(1) The owner of a pharmacy must cause to be displayed:

(a) at or near the main entrance of the pharmacy, the name of the owner of the pharmacy business, and

(b) adjacent to the area where dispensing is carried on, the name of the pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy followed by the words "PHARMACIST IN CHARGE".

Maximum penalty: 2 penalty units.

(2) An advertisement that relates to a pharmacy or pharmacy services must not:

(a) be false, misleading or deceptive, or

(b) create an unjustified expectation of beneficial treatment or give any warranty of satisfaction, or

(c) promote the unnecessary or inappropriate use of pharmacy services, or

(d) claim or imply superiority for a pharmacist in the practice of pharmacy.

(3) A person who publishes, or causes to be published, an advertisement in contravention of subclause (2) is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 2 penalty units.