Pharmacy Act, 1948 (8 of 1948). Country/Territory India Document type Legislation Date 1948 (1986) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to regulate the profession of pharmacy. WHEREAS it is expedient to make better provision for the regulation of the profession and practise of pharmacy and for that purpose to constitute Pharmacy Councils. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal health Drugs Institution Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract This Act, consisting of 5 Chapters, provides for the requirements to be met in order to practise the profession of pharmacist and veterinary. It also creates the Central Council of Pharmacy, which will prescribe the minimum standards of education and approve courses of study and examinations for pharmacists and veterinary, and Provincial Pharmacy Councils, which will be responsible for the maintenance of provincial registers of qualified pharmacists. In addition, it proposes to empower Provincial Governments to prohibit the dispensing of medicine on the prescription of a medical practitioner otherwise than by, or under the direct and personal supervision of, a registered pharmacist. The Act establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned institutions. Full text English