Discussion: 1.5km

But if an existing pharmacy relocates, then the minimum distance from any other pharmacy is 500m. You are, however, not permitted to be able to access the pharmacy from within a supermarket.

I learnt something tonight :) (hospital pharmacists don't normally need to know this stuff).

So, no US-style in-supermarket pharmacies with large billboards outside advertising 'free antibiotics'? Thought not.

(I think you still need a prescription for said antibiotics, but I am less sure than I would like to be...)

You don't in India!

Then why are there 3 pharmacies within 200m of each other in Station St, Fairfield?

There's actually 4, all on the same side of the road.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing....

Maybe these pharmacies predate the national rules (which are extensive). I'm pretty sure each state had its own regulations originally.

You can get antibiotics over the counter at certain pharmacies in Peru. And they even work!