Medicines and Allied Substances

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“ deal ” means to sell or offer for sale or trade by wholesale;
“ dental surgeon ” means a person registered as such under
the Health Professions Act, 2009;
“ Director-General ” means the person appointed as DirectorGeneral under section twelve;
“ dispense ” means to count, measure or decant a medicine
from a bulk supply or to prepare, mix, dissolve or supply a
medicine for the treatment of a person or animal, but does
not include the administration of medicine;
“distribute ” means the division and movement of
pharmaceutical products from the premises of the
manufacturer of the products or from another central point
or to an intermediate point or to the end user by means of
any method of transport;
“ Expert Advisory Committee ” means the Expert Advisory
Committee established under section nine;
“ former Authority ” means the Pharmaceutical Regulatory
Authority established under the repealed Act;
“ health facility ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Health
Professions Act, 2009;
“ health shop ” means a place or premises permitted to sell a
prescribed list of medicine by the Authority, under the
control of an authorised person as determined by the
Authority;
“hospital” has the meaning assigned to it in the Health
Professions Act, 2009;
“ hospital pharmacy” means a pharmacy which is part of a
health facility;
“ ingredient ” in relation to the manufacture or preparation of
a substance, includes anything which is the sole active or
inactive ingredient of that substance;
“ inspector” means a person appointed as an inspector under
section fifty-five;
“ label ” means to affix to, or otherwise display on, a container
or package, a notice describing the ingredients and contents
thereof;
“ Laboratory ” means the National Drug Quality Control
Laboratory established under section fifty-four;
“ manufacture ” in relation to a medicine or allied substance,
includes any process carried out in the course of making
that medicine or allied substance, but does not include the
process of—

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