Qualifications for registration

(1) No person shall be entitled to be registered under this Act as chemist and druggist unless he is of the age of eighteen years or upwards and gives proof to the satisfaction of the Board that he is a person of good character, and, (a) is entitled to be registered in Great Britain or Northern Ireland as a chemist and druggist or as a pharmaceutical chemist; or (b) is the lawful holder of a diploma or certificate from a pharmaceutical school for the time being recognised by, (i) the Board; or 8 (ii) the Council for Human and Social Development, as furnishing sufficient guarantee of the possession of requisite knowledge and skill for conducting the business of chemist Provided that the Board, with the approval of the Minister shall, in the month of January of each year, publish in the Gazette, a list of pharmaceutical schools for the time being recognised by the Board; or (c) was at the date of the coming into operation of this Act carrying on, in Belize, the business of a chemist and druggist; or (d) has been actually engaged and employed without interruption for a period of not less than three years as dispenser to a registered medical practitioner or as assistant to a chemist and druggist in Belize, or at any Public Hospital Dispensary, the last year of which being devoted to dispensing, and has obtained a certificate from the Board that he has successfully passed the examination provided for in subsection (2) of this section. (2) On the coming into force of this Act, all persons engaged and employed under a registered medical practitioner or as assistant to a chemist and druggist or at any Public Hospital Dispensary, with a view to qualifying to sit for the examination in accordance with paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this section shall, within one month of being engaged and employed, send written notification to the Director of Health Services specifying the date on which such engagement and employment commenced and any person failing to give such notification shall, except with the special approval of the Board, be ineligible to sit for any examination held by the Board. 9 (3) The Board, with the approval of the Minister, shall in the month of January of each year, publish in the Gazette a list of pharmaceutical schools the time being recognised by the Board or the Council for Human and Social Development.