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excess of those permitted to the pharmacy, give the pharmacy
written notice of the violation.
(3) A pharmacy shall, where it receives a notice under
subsection (2), within fourteen days of service of the notice, provide
the Director-General with a written plan of correction of the
violation, indicating a schedule of dates by which corrective action
shall be taken.
(4) A pharmacy shall, where the plan of correction submitted
by the pharmacy under subsection (3) is accepted by the DirectorGeneral, meet the schedule contained in the plan.
(5) The Authority shall, where the plan of correction submitted
by a pharmacy is rejected by the Director-General, revoke the
certificate of registration and order the closure of the pharmacy.
Loss of
certificate of
registration
25. (1) A holder of a certificate of registration who loses the
certificate may apply to the Authority for a duplicate certificate of
registration in the prescribed manner and form upon payment of
the prescribed fee.
(2) The Authority shall, within fourteen days of the receipt of
an application under subsection (1), issue a duplicate certificate of
registration if the applicant meets the requirements of this Act.
26. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a hospital pharmacy shall be
managed by a pharmacist.
Management
of hospital
pharmacies
(2) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority,
by statutory instrument, provide for circumstances under which a
hospital pharmacy may be operated by a pharmacy technologist or
such other person as the Authority may determine, under the
supervision of a pharmacist.
(3) In this section, “ pharmacy technologist ” means a person
registered as a pharmacy technologist under the Health Professions
Act, 2009.
Act No. 24 of
2009
Standards of
pharmacy
practice
27. For the purposes of this Part, the Minister may, on the
recommendation of the Authority, by statutory instrument, provide
for standards for the practice of pharmacy in pharmacies and hospital
pharmacies.
28. (1) The Authority may, upon application by a person, issue
a dispensing certificate to the person to dispense medicines and
allied substances to patients under their care in a health facility.