Intro to Pharmacy Law and practice Flashcards
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Medicines act 1968
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- brought most of the previous legislation on medicines together
- introduced several other legal provisions for the control of medicines
- provided for a comprehensive system of licensing affecting manufacture, sale, supply and importation of medicinal products into the UK
- becomes unlawful to engage in these activities except in accordance with the appropriate licenses, certificates or exemptions.
the human medicines act 1968 was replaced largely by the human medicines regulations 2012
2
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Restricted titles
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- Pharmaceutical Chemist
- Pharmaceutist
- Pharmacist
3
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Approved Definitions
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- student pharmacists
- trainee pharmacists
4
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What is a medicinal product ?
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- any substance or combination of substances presented as having properties of preventing or treating diseases in human beings
- any substance or combination of substances that may be used by or administered to human beings with a view to ; restoring, correcting or modifying a physiological function.
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Medicines not to be allowed on the GSL list
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- eye ointments
- most anthelmintics
- parental products
- medicines promoted as enemas or use as irrigations
- aspirin for children
