- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 8 September 2020

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(1) The objects of the Fiji Pharmaceutical Society are to—

(a)maintain and improve the standards of conduct and competence of the pharmacy profession in Fiji;
(b)promote the welfare and to preserve and maintain the integrity and status of the pharmacy profession;
(c)conduct continuing professional education programmes for the pharmacy profession, as required by the Board;
(d)represent, protect and assist members of the pharmacy profession in Fiji as regards conditions of practice and otherwise;
(e)represent, protect and assist members of the pharmacy profession in Fiji as regards conditions of employment with the public sector and the private sector;
(f)settle points of practice and to provide means for the amicable settlement of professional differences;
(g)protect and assist the public and the pharmacy profession in all matters touching, ancillary or incidental to pharmacy practice;
(h)assist needy members and former members of the Society or their relatives and the relatives of deceased members;
(i)cultivate a generous professional spirit among pharmacy practitioners by encouraging meetings of members of the Society and persons connected with matters of public health and medical interest; and
(j)promote excellence in pharmacy practice in any manner which the Society thinks fit in the interests of the profession and of the country.

(2) The Association is the negotiating body for its members as regards terms and conditions of employment in the public sector and private sector.