Pharmacy Regulations 1985

GN No. 10 of 1985

Regulations made by the Minister under section 47 of the Pharmacy Act

Every person wishing to be registered as a student shall forward to the Registrar -

(a) an extract of his birth certificate;
(b) the originals of his educational certificates; and
(c) 2 character references.

Subject to paragraph (3), the Registrar may register as a student a person who -

(a) possesses -

(i) a Cambridge Higher School Certificate with passes at principal level in chemistry, mathematics and any one of the following subjects -

(A) physics;
(B) biology; or
(C) botany;

(ii) pays the fee specified in the First Schedule.

Every pharmacy shall consist of at least 2 adjoining rooms, each having -
(a) a minimum floor space of 6.5 square metres; and
(b) a minimum height of 2.75 metres.

Every licensee of a pharmacy shall cause the pharmacy to be fitted with
(a) suitable cupboards and shelves;
(b) complete sets of wide and narrow-mouthed bottles for solids and liquids;
(c) porcelain jars for ointments;
(d) all necessary measures, weights, mortars, infusion pots, bottles suppository moulds, spirit lamps, stoves and other usual pharmacy apparatuses and utensils;
(e) suitable storage accommodation for dispensing needs;
(f) suitable means of disposal for litter; and
(g) at least one of each of the following types of scales -
(i) counter balance scales to weigh 5 kilogrammes and fractions of a kilogramme;
(ii) dispensing of a kilogramme;
(iii) scales sensitive to 0.0005 gramme, each with an accurate and complete set of weights.

No person shall sell a poison specified in the Third or Fourth Schedule to the Act otherwise than in a container labelled with a notice specifying the purpose for which the poison is intended and a warning that it is to be used only for that purpose.

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