Medicines and Allied Substances
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(2) A person who dispenses any medicine or allied substance
without a dispensing certificate to a patient in a health facility
commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not
exceeding two million penalty units or to imprisonment for a period
not exceeding four years, or to both.
Dispensing
certificate
(3) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority,
by statutory instrument, provide for—
(a) the criteria and procedure for applying for a dispensing
certificate and the grant, amendment, renewal, transfer
and revocation of a dispensing certificate;
(b) the terms and conditions attaching to an application, grant,
amendment, refusal, renewal, transfer or revocation of
a dispensing certificate;
(c) the exemption of certain categories of persons from any
provision of this section; and
(d) any other matters that are necessary or incidental to the
effective regulation of dispensing certificates under this
Act.
29. (1) The Authority may, upon application by a person, issue
an agro-veterinary shop permit to the person to sell a prescribed
list of veterinary medicinal products, under the control and
management of such persons as the Authority may authorise.
(2) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority,
by statutory instrument, provide for—
(a) the criteria and procedure for applying for an agroveterinary shop permit and the grant, amendment,
renewal, transfer and revocation of an agro-veterinary
shop permit;
(b) the terms and conditions attaching to an application, grant,
amendment, refusal, renewal, transfer or revocation of
an agro-veterinary shop permit; and
(c) any other matters that are necessary or incidental to the
effective regulation of agro-veterinary shop permits
under this Act.
30. (1) The Authority may, upon application by a person, issue
a health shop permit to the person to handle a prescribed list of
medicines and allied substances in designated areas under the
Agroveterinary
shop permit