Report No. 12, 56th Parliament - Inquiry into the establishment of a pharmacy council and transfer of pharmacy ownership in Queensland

Committee Details

Committee's Report

The committee tabled its report on 16 October 2018.

View: Report No. 12, 56th Parliament - Inquiry into the establishment of a pharmacy council and transfer of pharmacy ownership in Queensland
View: Government Interim Response
View: Government Response
View: Correspondence from the Director-General, Queensland Health, providing progress report

Terms of Reference

On 3 May 2018, the Legislative Assembly referred an inquiry to the committee with the following terms of reference: 

That the Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee inquire into and report to the Legislative Assembly, by 30 September 2018, on:

a)the establishment of a pharmacy council, and
b)all transfers of pharmacy ownership in Queensland over the past two years to ensure compliance with existing legislation.

That, in undertaking this inquiry, the committee should consider:

a)the effectiveness of the current systems and processes in Queensland to regulate pharmacy business ownership in Queensland and protect Queensland consumers;
b)the possible role and scope of responsibility of a pharmacy council, including any powers of enforcement and/or ability to impose penalties; pharmacists' and pharmacy assistants’ roles and scope of practice; and interactions with other agencies or individuals involved in regulating pharmacy businesses and practice;
c)models of regulation of pharmacy business ownership in other jurisdictions;
d)a cost-benefit analysis of establishing a pharmacy council;
e)any changes to legislation that would be required to establish a pharmacy council, including, but not limited to, changes to the Pharmacy Business Ownership Act 2001 (Qld), the Health Act 1937 (Qld) and subordinate legislation, namely the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 and the Health Regulation 1996; and
f)all transfers of pharmacy ownership in Queensland over the past two years.

On 20 September 2018 the Legislative Assembly extended the reporting date to 16 October 2018.

Timeline

Submissions closed:13 July 2018
Public Hearings:20 August 2018 - Brisbane - Transcript
 3 September 2018 - Brisbane - Transcript
Regional Public Hearings:7 September 2018 - Toowoomba - Transcript
 10 September 2018 -Townsville Transcript
 11 September 2018 - Cairns Transcript

Issues paper

The committee published an issues paper to assist submitters.  The paper can be viewed here.

Media release

The Chair’s media release issued 1 June 2018 is available here.

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