Act No. 13, 2003
MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES
CONTROL ACT, 2003
referred to in subsection (15)(b) or (23)(b), as the case may be, for
the import or export of the Schedule 3 substance or Schedule 4
substance specified in the permit and the person complies with the
prescribed conditions;
(iii) cultivate or collect a plant or a portion of a plant from which the
Schedule 3 substance or Schedule 4 substance can be extracted or
manufactured, unless the person holds a permit referred to in
subsection (15)(c) or (23)(c), as the case may be, for the cultivation
or collection of the plant or portion of a plant and the person complies
with the prescribed conditions.
(4) A manufacturer or an importer of, or a wholesale dealer in, pharmaceutical
products, may not sell medicines or scheduled substances to a person, who himself or
herself may not sell those medicines or scheduled substances: Provided that such
manufacturer, importer or wholesale dealer, who is
(a)
an authorised prescriber, but not a pharmacist; or
(b)
a pharmacist, irrespective of whether that pharmacist is an authorised
prescriber or not,
may sell medicines or scheduled substances, subject to the other provisions of this section,
for the purpose of consumption.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), a person may not sell an unscheduled medicine, if
it is not in the original immediate container.
(6) Notwithstanding subsection (5), a pharmacist, a medical practitioner, a
dentist, a veterinarian, a registered nurse, a para-veterinary professional or a practitioner
may sell an unscheduled medicine in any other immediate container, if that immediate
container complies with the prescribed requirements.
(7)
A person, other than the following, may not sell a Schedule 1 substance:
(a)
a pharmacist, or a pharmacist’s assistant, pharmaceutical technician, or
pharmacist intern, acting under the personal supervision of a pharmacist;
(b)
a medical practitioner, a dentist, or a veterinarian, who holds a licence
contemplated in section 31(3), subject to the conditions of that licence; or
(c)
a person who holds a licence contemplated in section 31(1), subject to the
conditions of that licence.
(8) A person, who sells a Schedule 1 substance, must record the prescribed
particulars of every sale of that substance in a prescription book, or other permanent
record, required to be kept in the prescribed manner.
(9)
A person, other than the following, may not sell a Schedule 2 substance:
(a)
a pharmacist, or a pharmacist’s assistant, pharmaceutical technician, or
pharmacist intern, acting under the personal supervision of a pharmacist
(i)
on a written prescription issued by an authorised prescriber, or on an
oral instruction from an authorised prescriber, who is known to the
pharmacist, and taken and reduced to writing by the pharmacist
concerned: Provided that the sale may be repeated for up to six months,
if the authorised prescriber has indicated the number of times the
prescription may be repeated; or