Proposed amendment to Rules: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain (Fees in Connection with the 2009 Registration Cycle) Rules
The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by article 40(1) of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and after consulting in accordance with article 40(4) of the Order and such persons as appear to it requisite to be consulted, hereby makes the following Rules:
Rule 1. Citation, commencement and extent
(1) These Rules may be cited as the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
(Fees in Connection with the 2009 Registration Cycle) Rules.
(2) The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Fees in Connection with
the 2008 Registration Cycle) Rules 2008 are hereby revoked.
Rule 2. Interpretation
In these Rules: “registrant” means a person whose name is registered
in the Register of Pharmacists; “Registration Rules” means the
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Registration) Rules 2007; and “retention
fee” means the fee specified in Rule 4(1), (2) or (3) as appropriate.
Rule 3. Application fee in respect of registration in the Register of
Pharmacists
The application fee for registration in Part 1 or Part 2 of the Register of
Pharmacists shall be £198.
Rule 4. Fees in respect of retention of registration in the Register
of Pharmacists
(1) The annual fee for a registrant who wishes to retain his entry in Part
1 of the Register of Pharmacists shall be £410 or £413.
(2) The annual fee for a registrant resident in the British Islands or the
European Economic Area who wishes to retain his entry in Part 2 of the Register
of Pharmacists shall be £70.
(3) The annual fee for a registrant resident outside the British Islands or
European Economic Area who wishes to retain his entry in Part 2 of the Register
of Pharmacists shall be £123.
Rule 5. Fees in respect of voluntary removal from the Register of Pharmacists
A registrant wishing to remove his name from the Register of Pharmacists in
accordance with the Registration Rules shall not pay any fee.
Rule 6. Fees in respect of restoration to the Register of Pharmacists
(1) Any person (a) who does not pay the appropriate retention fee as specified
in Rule 4 and who is therefore removed from the Register of Pharmacists in
accordance with the Registration Rules; and (b) who subsequently wishes to
restore his name to the Register, shall pay a fee of £782 in addition
to the appropriate retention fee for the year in which he is restored to
the Register of Pharmacists.
(2) Any person (a) who has voluntarily removed his name from the Register of
Pharmacists in accordance with the Registration Rules; and (b) who subsequently
wishes to restore his name to the Register of Pharmacists; or (c) whose application
for restoration to the Register of Pharmacists has been granted by the Society’s
Disciplinary Committee, shall pay a fee of £198, in addition to the appropriate
retention fee for the year in which he is restored to the Register of Pharmacists.
(3) The whole of the restoration fee specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
be payable irrespective of the amount of time that the person has been removed
from the Register of Pharmacists.
(4) The whole of the retention fee in respect of the year in which the person
is restored to the Register of Pharmacists, as specified in Rule 4, shall be
payable, irrespective of the date on which the person is so restored.
Rule 7. Fees in respect of annotations in the Register of Pharmacists
as a supplementary or independent prescriber
(1) The application fee for annotating a registrant’s entry in the Register
of Pharmacists as a supplementary prescriber, or as an independent prescriber,
shall be £51.
(2) A registrant wishing to remove an annotation from his entry in the Register
of Pharmacists in accordance with the Registration Rules shall not pay any
fee.
Rule 8. Fees in respect of transferring to a different part of the Register
of Pharmacists
(1) A registrant wishing to transfer from Part 1 to Part 2 of the Register
of Pharmacists shall not pay any fee.
(2) A registrant wishing to transfer from Part 2 to Part 1 of the Register
of Pharmacists in any calendar year shall pay the difference between any retention
fee already paid by him in respect of that calendar year, and the Part 1 retention
fee for that calendar year specified in Rule 4(1).
Rule 9. Fees in respect of change of residential status in Part 2 of
the Register of Pharmacists
(1) A registrant in Part 2 of the Register of Pharmacists who (a) is resident
outside the British Islands or European Economic Area, (b) who wishes to change
his status, in any calendar year, to that of a registrant in Part 2 of the
Register of Pharmacists, resident within the British Islands or European Economic
Area, and (c) who has previously paid the retention fee due in that calendar
year, shall not pay be required to pay any additional fees, or be entitled
to any refund.
(2) A registrant in Part 2 of the Register of Pharmacists (a) who is resident
within the British Islands or the European Economic Area, (b) who in any calendar
year wishes to change his status to that of a registrant in Part 2 of the Register
of Pharmacists resident outside the British Islands or the European Economic
Area, and (c) who has previously paid the retention fee due in that calendar
year, shall pay a fee of £53.
Rule 10. Fees in connection with certificates
(1) The fee for replacement of a certificate of registration shall be £15.
(2) The fee for issue of a certificate of current professional status shall
be £73.
Rule 11. Fees in respect of assessment of qualifications of EEA applicants
who are not eligible for mutual automatic recognition
The fees in respect of assessment of qualifications of EEA applicants who are
not eligible for mutual automatic recognition and who are required to apply
for registration through the non-compliant EEA route shall be £656.
Given under the official seal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of
Great Britain this […]th day of
[…] 2008.
Jeremy Holmes
Chief Executive and Registrar
NOTES
1. At its meeting on 2 April 2008, the Society’s Council proposed that
the fees in relation to registration for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians,
and fees relating to the Society’s registration examination should be
amended.
2. The reasoning behind the Council’s proposed increases are fully set
out in the document “2009 Fees Consultation”. The document can
be accessed via the “Consultations” button on the home page of
the Society’s website www.rpsgb.org. Paper copies of the consultation
are available from on application to The Registrar, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN.
3. Fees in relation to the registration of pharmacists are now set by Rules
made under the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007. A draft of
the Rules dealing with the 2009 fee cycle is set out above for consultation
(see Note 2) and the consultation closes on 6 August.
4. The retention fee proposal for practising pharmacists for 2009 is an increase
of either 3.9 per cent or 4.5 per cent, depending on the outcome of the consultation
on reduced fees for pharmacists on low incomes and subsequently the decision
of the Council. |
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