6. PhARIA requirements

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Requirements of the Pharmacy Location Rules

6. PhARIA requirements

These requirements only relate to the following types of application:

Rule 102: relocation within rural locality;

Rule 107: relocation to rural locality (additional pharmacy);

Rule 108: relocation to urban locality (additional pharmacy); and

Rule 114: new pharmacy (rural).

6.1 PhARIA classification

The Pharmacy Access/Remoteness Index of Australia 2006/07 (PhARIA) is an index used for the purpose of the pharmacy location rules to identify whether a locality is classified as urban or rural. It is prepared by the National Key Centre for Social Application of Geographical Information Systems (GISCA) of the University of Adelaide for the Department of Health and Ageing.

PhARIA can be viewed at www.gisca.adelaide.edu.au/projects/pharia.html

An application must demonstrate that the proposed premises are situated in a locality which has the classification specified by the pharmacy location rules.

For Rule 102: relocation within rural locality, the proposed premises must be situated in the same rural locality (PhARIA category 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6) as the existing premises.
For Rule 107: relocation to rural locality (additional pharmacy), the proposed premises must be situated in a rural locality (PhARIA category 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6).
For Rule 108: relocation to urban locality (additional pharmacy), the proposed premises must be situated in an urban locality (PhARIA category 1).
For Rule 114: new pharmacy (rural), the proposed premises must be situated in a rural locality (PhARIA category 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6).

See items 102, 107, 108 & 114, Schedule 1
See also paragraph 6(1)
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6.2 Proposed premises within same rural locality

For Rule 102: relocation within rural locality, the proposed premises must be within the same rural locality in which the existing premises are situated.

Evidence addressing this might include a map of the town indicating the locations of the existing and proposed premises.
See item 102, Part 1, Schedule 1

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