Medicine Seller's Licence - South Australia

Description

You will need this licence if you intend to sell pharmacy medicine at a retail shop for the sale of goods in an area where there is no nearby pharmacy.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this licence you must operate a shop that is open for at least 38 hours per week. The shop must be either:

  • over 25 kilometres or more from the nearest pharmacy which is open for at least 3 hours daily
  • in a local community where there is a genuine need for a medicine seller.

You must also be a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

Duration

One or three years

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $49.00

One year. Fees for 2021-22
Apply Application All $147.00 Three years. Fees for 2021-22

Forms

Task Business Structure Resources
Apply All Application for a Medicine Seller's Licence (Opens in new window)

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
General All Information Sheet: Medicine Seller's Licences (Opens in new window)

Additional information

Please include one of the following with your application:

  • a copy of the current certificate(s) of registration of your company and/or trading names
  • the names of the persons running the business where there is no company name, but there is a trading name, and a copy of the current certificate(s) of registration of trading names
  • the names of the persons running the business where there is no company name or trading name.

Administering agency

SA Health

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.

Please use these contact details for help or more information:

Controlled Substances Licensing

SA Health

 South Australia
Mailing address: PO BOX 6
Rundle Mall, South Australia 5000
Phone: 08 8226 7100
Fax: 08 8226 6681
Email: healthcontrolledsubstances@sa.gov.au