Medicines Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Sales and Other Dealings of Medicinal Products
28. Exemptions for medical practitioner, dentists and veterinary surgeons and in respect of herbal remedies
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The restrictions imposed by section 25 do not apply to the supply of a medicinal product —
by a medical practitioner or a dentist to his patient; or
by a hospital, where the product is supplied for the purpose of being administered in accordance with the directions of a medical practitioner or a dentist.
The restrictions imposed by section 25 do not apply to the supply of a medicinal product by a veterinary surgeon for administration by him or under his direction to an animal under his care.
medicinal product
“medicinal product” has the meaning ascribed to it by section 4;
The restrictions imposed by section 25 do not apply to anything done at premises of which the person carrying on the business in question is
Medicines the occupier and which he is able to close so as to exclude the public, and which consists of the retail sale or the supply in circumstances corresponding to retail sale of any herbal remedy where the processes to which a plant is subjected consist of drying, crushing or comminuting, with or without diluting with water.
retail sale
“retail sale”, in relation to a medicinal product, has the meaning ascribed to it by subsection (2)(b);
Terms defined in s 2
administration
Defined · s 2“administration” means giving or applying to a human being or an animal, whether orally, by injection or by introduction into the body in any other way, or by external application, whether by direct contact with the body or not; and any reference in this Act to administering a substance or article is a reference to administering it either in its existing state or after it has been dissolved or dispersed in, or diluted or mixed with, some other substance used as a vehicle;
dentist
Defined · s 2“dentist” means a dentist registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act;
herbal remedy
Defined · s 2“herbal remedy” means a medicinal product consisting of a substance produced by subjecting a plant or plants to drying, crushing or comminuting or other process, or of a mixture whose ingredients are two or more substances so produced, or of a combination of such mixture with water or such other inert substances as the Authority may, by notification published in the Gazette, specify;
hospital
Defined · s 2“hospital” includes any institution for the reception and treatment of the sick and designated as a hospital by the Minister for the purposes of this Act;
medical practitioner
Defined · s 2“medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act;
medicinal product
Defined · s 2“medicinal product” has the meaning ascribed to it by section 4;
retail sale
Defined · s 2“retail sale”, in relation to a medicinal product, has the meaning ascribed to it by subsection (2)(b);
veterinary surgeon
Defined · s 2“veterinary surgeon” means a person registered under the Veterinary Surgeons Order, 2005;
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Pharmacies
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Containers, Packages and Identification of Medicinal Products
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Promotion of Sales of Medicinal Products and Medical Advertisements
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