Act No. 13, 2003
MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES
CONTROL ACT, 2003
(i)
the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, modification or prevention of a disease,
abnormal physical or mental state, or the symptoms thereof, in humans or
animals; or
(ii)
restoring, correcting or modifying any somatic, psychic or organic function
in humans or animals;
(b)
a veterinary medicine; or
(c)
a complementary medicine;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for health;
“original immediate container” means the immediate container in which the medicine
was originally distributed by the manufacturer;
“package” means a container in or by which an original immediate container of a medicine
is enclosed, covered, contained or packed, but excludes bulk boxes in which that original
immediate container or the package is transported;
“para-veterinary professional” means a person registered to practise a para-veterinary
profession under the Veterinary and Para-veterinary Professions Proclamation, 1984
(Proclamation No. AG. 14 of 1984);
“patient” means
(a)
in the case of a medical practitioner, a dentist, a practitioner or a registered nurse,
a person treated by the medical practitioner, the dentist, the practitioner or the
registered nurse;
(b)
in the case of a veterinarian or a para-veterinary professional, an animal treated by
the veterinarian or the para-veterinary professional; and
(c)
in the case of a pharmacist, a person, or an animal, treated by the pharmacist;
“Permanent Secretary” means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for
health;
“pharmaceutical technician” means a pharmaceutical technician as defined in the
Pharmacy Profession Act, 1993 (Act No. 23 of 1993);
“pharmacist” means a pharmacist as defined in the Pharmacy Profession Act, 1993 (Act
No. 23 of 1993);
“pharmacist’s assistant” means a pharmacist’s assistant as defined in the Pharmacy
Profession Act, 1993 (Act No. 23 of 1993);
“pharmacist intern” means a pharmacist intern as defined in the Pharmacy Profession
Act, 1993 (Act No. 23 of 1993);
“practitioner” means a practitioner as defined in the Allied Health Services Professions
Act, 1993 (Act No. 20 of 1993);
“prescribe” means
(a)
prescribe by regulation under this Act; and
(b)
in relation to a medicine, issue a written or oral instruction for a specific patient to
receive a medicine specified in that instruction under such conditions as may be
specified, and “prescription” has a corresponding meaning;