Pharmacy Act, 1948 (8 of 1948). Pays/Territoire Inde Type du document Législation Date 1948 (1986) Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn 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. Sujet Bétail Mot clé Santé des animaux Médicaments Institution Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Mer de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Asie du Sud Résumé 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. Texte intégral Anglais