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Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Act, 1988 (No. 15 of 1988).

Country/Territory
Malawi
Document type
Legislation
Date
1988
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board, the registration and disciplining of pharmacists, pharmacy technologists and pharmacy technicians, the training within MalaWi of pharmacists, pharmacy technologists and pharmacy technicians, the licensing of traders in medicines and poisons and generally for the control and regulation of the profession of pharmacy in Malawi and for matters incidental to or connected therewith.
Subject
Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Toxicity/poisoning Animal health Drugs Authorization/permit Inspection
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

This Act establishes the Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board and regulates the importation and sale of medicines and poison in Malawi and provides rules relative to the business of pharmacist. Various rules of this Act also apply to veterinary drugs. No person shall a) sell, supply, export or import any medicinal product; (b) procure for sale, supply or exportation of any medicinal product; (c) procure the manufacture or assembly or for the manufacture or assembly of any medicinal product for sale, supply or export, without a product licence granted by the Minister. The Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board is established as a body corporate and shall be the sole registering authority of all persons required to be registered under this Act. The Board shall also, among other things, exercise discipline and control over the professional conduct of all persons registered under this Act and practising in Malawi and advise the Minister on any matter falling within the scope of this Act. The Act concerns also testing of products on animals, which may be carried out only at certain conditions. The Minister may by regulations specify any descriptions or classes of articles or substances which(a) are manufactured, sold, supplied, imported or exported in a manner similar to medicinal products; or (b) are used as ingredients in the manufacture of a medicinal product; or (c) if used without proper safeguards, are likely to be a risk to public health or to be dangerous or injurious to animals, and he or she may provide that, subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be specified, the provisions of this Act including those relating to offences and penalties shall have effect to such descriptions or classes of articles or substances as those provisions apply to medicinal products.

Full text
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Website
www.malawilii.org