Traditional Medicine Practice Act, 2000 (No. 575). Country/Territory Ghana Document type Legislation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to establish a Council to regulate the practice of traditional medicine, to register practitioners and licence practices, to regulate the preparation and sale of herbal, medicines and to provide for related matters. Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Food quality control/food safety Condiments/herbs/spices Toxicity/poisoning Animal health Public health Drugs Plant production Institution Wild flora Collecting/harvesting Wild fauna Biodiversity Geographical area Africa, North Atlantic, Western Africa Abstract This Act regulates traditional and alternative medicines practice and establishes the Traditional Medicine Practice Council as a body corporate. The object of the Council is to promote, control and regulate traditional medicine practice. A person shall not operate or own premises as a practitioner or produce herbal medicine for sale unless that person is registered in accordance with this Act with the Registrar of the Council. The Council shall, among other things, collaborate with the appropriate agencies for large scale cultivation of medicinal plants and for the preservation of biodiversity. Full text English