REMINDER | Annual Requirements for Pharmacy Proprietors and Financial Interest Holders

Dear Pharmacist,

If you are an NSW pharmacy owner or hold an interest in an NSW pharmacy business on 30 April 2025, you must complete the following by 30 June 2025:

Complete a declaration of your financial interest in a pharmacy business and pay the declaration fee ($297 per pharmacy business)
Ensure the annual renewal of registration of your pharmacy premises is paid

Information guides about the annual declaration and annual renewal processes are available on the Pharmacy Council of NSW website

Annual Declaration of financial interest

Email address for Annual Declaration

For security and privacy reasons, we require that every pharmacy owner of financial interest holder have a unique email address registered with Ahpra. This is to ensure we can verify your identity when you interact with the Council. You are not able to share an Ahpra email address with another practitioner or financial interest holder.

Preparing for Annual Declaration

Before you complete your annual declaration, you must complete the following:

Review your details on the Pharmacy Council’s Public Register to confirm your current financial interest and pharmacy ownership information is correct.
Confirm your Ahpra registered email address matches your Service NSW account email address
Set up your multi-factor authentication (MFA) with MyServiceNSW

You will receive an additional notice email prompting you to complete your annual declaration from our new system. If you do not submit your declaration by the due date, you may receive a complaint of unsatisfactory professional conduct and/or face penalties. To confirm your Ahpra registration details or update your Ahpra registered email, please contact Ahpra via an online enquiry or phone 1300 419 495.

Unsure of your financial interest?

Please check the Register of Pharmacies to confirm your financial interests or visit our FAQ page for guidance. Please contact the Council team on 1300 197 177 or via email on HPCA-CMS-Pharmacy-Applications@health.nsw.gov.au to update your details on the register.

Annual Renewal of pharmacy premises

You will receive an email to your Pharmacy email address prompting you to complete your annual renewal of your pharmacy premises. In this email we will provide instructions on how to complete the process.

Please contact the Pharmacy Council team by email (hpca-cms-pharmacy-applications@health.nsw.gov.au) to update your pharmacy email address if required.

Notice of Completion or Disposal

If you have disposed of your financial interest in a Pharmacy business, please make sure that you provide Council a notice of disposal, and the purchaser provides a notice of completion once the transfer of ownership or sale (settlement) of a pharmacy business has been finalised.

System upgrade

The Pharmacy Council of NSW’s system upgrade is currently underway. Please review your details on the Public Register to ensure your correct information is migrated into our new system.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please email HPCA-CMS-Pharmacy-Applications@health.nsw.gov.au or phone 1300 197 177.

Best regards,

Pharmacy Council of New South Wales

T 1300 197 177 E HPCA-CMS-Pharmacy-Applications@health.nsw.gov.au
www.pharmacycouncil.nsw.gov.au
Level 6 North Wing, 477 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Locked Bag 20, Haymarket NSW 1238