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Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (No. 23 of 2002).

Pays/Territoire
République-Unie de Tanzanie
Type du document
Législation
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Titre complet
An Act to make provisions for promotion, control and regulation of traditional and alternative medicines practice, to establish the Tradional and Alternative Health Practice Council and to provide for related matters.
Sujet
Plantes cultivées, Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes
Mot clé
Production végétale Enregistrement Flore sauvage Ramassage/récolte
Aire géographique
Afrique, Afrique Orientale, Pays les moins avances
Résumé

This Act regulates traditional and alternative medicines practice and establishes the Traditional and Alternative Health Practice Council. The functions of the Council shall generally be to monitor, regulate, promote, support the development of traditional medicine and to implement the provisions of the Act and in particular shall, among other things, provide for the protection of Tanzanian medicinal plants, and other natural resources of medicinal value, such as animals, minerals, aquatic and marine products including their parts thereof. It shall protect medicinal plants grown within the country and provide for sustainable management, utilization and development of material medical used in traditional medicine, mostly plants. Also the Minister shall be instrumental in the protection of medicinal plants by establishing or strengthening the national medicinal plants databank or compendiums.

Texte intégral
Anglais