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Act No. 24
of 2009
Act No. 31
of 1997
Act No. 31 of
1997
Medicines and Allied Substances
(a) dissolving or dispensing a product in, or diluting or
mixing it with, some other substance for purposes
of administering it; or
(b) the incorporation of a medicine in any animal feed;
“ marketing authorisation ” means the authorisation granted,
under section thirty-nine, for the placement of a medicine
or allied substance on the market;
“ medical device ” includes an instrument, apparatus,
component, part or accessory manufactured or sold for
use in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of
a disease, disorder or abnormal physical state or the
symptoms of the disease, or abnormal physical state in
human beings or animals;
“ medical doctor ” means a person registered as a medical
doctor under the Health Professions Act, 2009;
“ medicine ” means human medicine, veterinary medicine,
medicinal product, herbal medicine or any substance or
mixture of substances for human or veterinary use intended
to be used or manufactured for use for its therapeutic
efficacy or for its pharmacological purpose in the diagnosis,
treatment, alleviation, modification or prevention of disease
or abnormal physical or mental state or the symptoms of
disease in a person or animal;
“ medicinal product ” means any substance or combination
of substances which may be administered to human beings
or animals in order to make a medical diagnosis or to
restore, correct or modify the physiological functions in
human beings or animals;
“ member ” means a person appointed as a member of the
Board under section seven;
“ midwife ” means a person registered as a midwife under
the Nurses and Midwives Act, 1997;
“ nurse ” means a person registered as a nurse under the
Nurses and Midwives Act, 1997;
“ package ” means anything in or by which any medicine,
herbal medicine, therapeutic substance or allied substance
is enclosed, covered or contained, and includes primary
and secondary packaging;
“ pharmaceutical licence ” means the licence issued, under
section thirty-four, to a person to manufacture, distribute
or deal in a medicine or allied substance;
“ pharmacist” means a person registered as a pharmacist