Regulations governing qualifications, practice, organization, and management of assistant pharmacists decided in accordance with the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act shall be decided by the central competent authority.
Assistant pharmacists in violation of the regulations as prescribed in the preceding Paragraph shall be punished according to the ways and amounts applied to pharmacists.

For sales, supervision of manufacturing, and dispensations of Chinese pharmaceuticals, the central competent authority shall formulate management regulations in accordance with relevant regulations of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act.

Upon issuance of certificates or licenses in accordance with this Act, the central, municipality, or county (city) competent authorities may collect fees of certificates or licenses; the amount of fees shall be decided by the central competent authority.

The national union of pharmacists’ association and the provincial pharmacists’ association established before the implementation of this Amendment shall reconstruct the association or proceed to disassemble according to this Act within one year upon the implementation of this Amendment.

A foreigner may attend a pharmacist examination in accordance with the laws of the Republic of China.
When a foreigner passes the examination under the preceding paragraph and receives a pharmacist certificate, his/her practice as a pharmacist in the Republic of China shall be subject to the approval by the central competent authority. Such a person shall also comply with the applicable laws of the Republic of China in relation to pharmaceutical affairs and medical treatment, as well as the articles of association of pharmacists’ associations. The regulations for the approval and management of such practice shall be established by the central competent authority.
In case of breach of the preceding paragraph, in addition to sanctions in accordance with the law, the central competent authority may annul the approval.

The implementation regulations of this Act shall be decided by the central competent authority.

This Act shall be implemented on the date of promulgation.
Article 19 amended on January 10, 2011 shall take effect three months after the promulgation of this act.