Pharmacy and Drugs Arl
2001
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Hphannac} technician" means a person registered in
the Register of Pharmac) Technicians;
"drug" means any substance or preparation used or
intended to be used for internal or external application
to the human or animal body either in the treatment or
prevention of disease or for improving physiological
functions and it includes nutritional agents and
cosmetics;
"drug store" means a store licensed under this Act for
the sale or supply of Class Band C drugs;
"'health center" means a medical institution which is
maintained by a Government Department, local
authority or mission for the treatment of outpatients,
and which is under the immediate supervision of an
attendant approved by th~. Board~
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"Indian hemp" includes the dried flowering or fruiting
tops of the pistillate plant known as cannabis sativa or
cannabis indica from which the resin has been
extracted, by whatever name such tops are called,
resins from the base, and all extracts or tinctures
obtained from such tops;
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"licensed body corporate" means a body corporate
licensed under this Act;
"medical institution" means a hospital, clinic, nursing
home, or other institution at which human disease is
treated;
"Minister" means the Minister charged with
responsibility for matters relating to health;
"narcotic" means, subject to the provisions of section
64, a substance included in Part II of Class A in the
First Schedule or a preparation containing any
substance referred to in subsection (4) thereof;
"nutritional agent" means the principal constituents of
food substances, including amino acids, carbohydrates,
fixed oils, trace elements, sweeteners, vitamins,
alcohol, electrolytes, iron compounds and other
substances with nutritional or medical value as listed
in the First Schedule;
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