EXAMINATIONS
The Apothecaries' Act of 1815 empowered the Society to institute a Court of Examiners
to examine and to grant licences to successful candidates to practise as an Apothecary
in England and Wales. It also gave the Society the duty of regulating such practice.
The title of the original licence was Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries
(LSA). Following the establishment of the General Medical Council by statute in 1858
the LSA became a registrable qualification. In 1907 the title was altered by parliamentary
act to LMSSA to indicate the inclusion of surgery in the examination, a subject
required by law following the Medical Act of 1886. Since 1928, when the Society instituted the first postgraduate qualification
in Midwifery, the Mastery of Midwifery (MMSA), the Apothecaries have pioneered
15 further such diplomas in specialist subjects not offered by the Royal Colleges
or any other medical body. At present, the Examinations Department of the Society administers the following
postgraduate diplomas:
Telephone: 0207 236 1180 E-mail: examoffice@apothecaries.org
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