The Pharmacy Council is responsible under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act for setting standards of ethical conduct for pharmacists in New Zealand. Section 6.9 of their current Safe Effective Pharmacy Practice Code of Ethics 2011 states that pharmacists must:
Homeopathy Warning from Pharmacies Regulator
Following a complaint, the Pharmacy Council has reminded New Zealand pharmacists they must be able to counsel patients about the current evidence for alternative medicines such homeopathy. The Society for Science Based Healthcare believes it is unethical for pharmacists to
Homeopathy Centre Exploited Superstition, Misled Consumers
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from the Society for Science Based Healthcare against the Homeopathy Centre in Christchurch. They ruled that the Homeopathy Centre’s advertisements misled consumers, unduly glamorised the benefits of homeopathy, portrayed unrealistic outcomes, unjustifiably
NHMRC Finds No Credible Evidence for Homeopathy, Pharmacists Must React
Following an extremely extensive and rigorous study, Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has published their final statement on the evidence regarding the use of homeopathic products in the treatment of health conditions. Their primary conclusion is: there