Pharmacists Act Article 21-2

Incidents concerning pharmacists submitted to disciplines shall be handled by the Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Committee.The Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Committee shall notify the pharmacists to be disciplined about the disciplinary submission and order the said pharmacists to provide statement of defense within 20 days starting from the following day of service of notification or present themselves before the said Committee on an appointed date for personal statement; failing to provide statement of defense or to present for personal statement in due time, the Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Committee may directly render a resolution.For any objections to the resolution rendered by the Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Committee, the disciplined may plead for a review to the Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Review Committee within 20 days starting from the following day of service of the resolution.The disciplinary resolutions rendered by the Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Committee and the Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Review Committee shall be executed by the competent authority in the jurisdiction.Members of the Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Committee and the Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Review Committee shall be partly selected and invited from pharmaceutical and legal experts and scholars, and other public citizens, who are not representatives of the people; the ratio of the pharmaceutical and legal experts and scholars, and other public citizens shall not occupy less than one third of the total members.The Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Committee shall be established by the central, municipality, or county (city) competent authorities, and the Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Review Committee shall be established by the central competent authority; regulations governing the establishment, organization, meetings, disciplines, review procedures, and other matters to be complied with shall be decided by the central competent authority.