CAP. 138]
8 of 1937.
24 of 1938.
1 of 1940.
9 of 1950.
36 of 1950.
37 of 1950.
Short title.
Pharmacy and Poisons.
CHAPTER 138.
PHARMACY AND POISONS.
To amend the law relating to poisons and the registration
of pharmaceutical chemists.
1.
[1st January, 1938.]
This Ordinance may be cited as the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance.
General.
Interpretation.
23 & 24 Geo. 5,
c. 25, s. 29.
2. In this Ordinance-
"arrangement with creditors" means a composition or scheme made in pursuance of the law for the time being in force relating to bankruptcy;
"authorized seller of poisons" means any of the persons declared by sections 10, 11 and 12 to be authorized sellers of poisons within the meaning of this Ordinance;
36 of 1950, s. 2. "Board" means the Pharmacy Board established under section 3;
"certificate of registration" means such a certificate as is mentioned in section 8;
"dispensing", in relation to a medicine or a poison, means supplying a medicine or a poison on and in accordance with a prescription duly given by a registered medical practitioner, a registered dental surgeon or a duly qualified veterinary surgeon;
"duly qualified veterinary surgeon" means any member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons of Great Britain, or any other person holding the diploma of such British or colonial veterinary institution or examining body as the Governor in Council may from time to time approve;
"labelled" means distinctly labelled in English and Chinese;
"pharmacist" means a pharmaceutical chemist or a chemist and druggist, and includes every member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and every person holding a diploma approved by the Governor in Council under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 4, or a certificate of competent skill and knowledge;