Medicines and Allied Substances

[No. 3 of 2013

under the Health Professions Act, 2009;
“ pharmacy ” means a drugstore, druggist, chemist or any
business or premises registered as such under section
sixteen;
“ prescription ” means a written direction given by an
authorised prescriber directing that a stated amount of a
medicine specified in the direction be dispensed for the
person or animal named in the direction;
“ prescription only medicine ” means a medicine dispensed
only on prescription;
“ Register ” means, in relation to—
(a) pharmacies, health shops and agro-veterinary shops,
the Register provided for under section thirty-one;
(b)licences and permits, the Register of Licences and
Permits provided for under section thirty-eight;
(c) marketing authorisation, the Register of Marketing
Authorisations provided for under section fortyeight; and
(d) clinical trial certificates, the Register of Clinical Trial
Certificates provided for under section fifty-three;
“ repealed Act ” means the Pharmaceutical Act, 2004;
“ sell ” means to offer for sale, expose for sale, have in
possession for sale, and supply, whether the supply is made
for consideration or not;
“ substance ” means any natural or artificial material, whether
in the form of solid, liquid, gas, vapour or any active or
inactive substance or pharmaceutical ingredient;
“ sub-standard medicine ” means a product whose composition
and ingredients do not meet the approved quality
specifications and which may be consequently ineffective
and often dangerous to the patient;
“ veterinary surgeon ” means a person registered as a
veterinary surgeon under the Veterinary and Veterinary
Para-Professions Act, 2010; and
“ Vice-Chairperson ” means the person elected as ViceChairperson under section seven.
PART II
THE ZAMBIA MEDICINES REGULATORY AUTHORITY
3. (1) The Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority established
under the repealed Act shall continue to exist as if established under

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Act No. 24 of
2009

Act No. 14 of
2004

Act No. 45 of
2010

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