Australian Community Pharmacy Authority Applicant's Handbook

Rule 113: New pharmacy (urban locality)

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Policy intent

This rule aims to address community need for pharmacy services in urban areas. It targets those areas where there is no local pharmacy, which contain a population sufficient to ensure the viability of a pharmacy.

Requirements

An application made under this rule must meet the requirements listed below.

Please note that it is important to clearly identify the proposed premises that are the subject of an application.

• The applicant has a legal right to occupy the proposed premises
• The proposed premises can be used for the purpose of operating a pharmacy
• The applicant will be ready to trade as a pharmacy within six months
• The proposed premises are not directly accessible by the public from within a supermarket
• The proposed premises are at least 1.5 km, by straight line, from the nearest approved pharmacy
• The catchment area for the proposed premises contains a resident population of at least 3,000 for most of the year
• There is the equivalent of at least one full-time prescribing general practitioner practising in the catchment area

  Restrictions

  An approval granted as a result of this rule is restricted for a period of five years from relocating further than 1.5 km, by straight line, from the premises at which the approval was originally granted.

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