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Pharmacy Act (Laws of Seychelles, Chapter 169)

Country/Territory
Seychelles
Document type
Legislation
Date
1899 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Drugs Animal health Public health Hygiene/sanitary procedures Offences/penalties Internal trade
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act regulates pharmacy practices in Seychelles. It provides that it shall not be lawful for any person to sell, or keep open shop for retailing, dispensing and compounding, any drug, medicine, compound medicine or medicinable preparation unless such person be a pharmacist, within the meaning of this Act. Pharmacists are expressly forbidden to make, mix, prepare, compound or dispense for sale, any medicine or medicinable preparation, except according to a written prescription signed by a duly qualified medical practitioner, only or in accordance with the formularies or directions of the British Pharmacopoeia or of any Codex or formulary legally employed in foreign countries. All prescriptions shall be registered in full in a book kept for such purpose.

Full text
English
Website
seylii.org