Pharmacy and Poisons.

ledge and qualification to exercise the business or calling of pharmacist granted under or by virtue of this or any former Ordinance relating to pharmacy; "poison" means a poison included in the Poisons List, and "Poisons List" means the list specified in section 18;

"register" means the register of pharmacists kept under this Ordinance;

"registered" means—

(a) in relation to a pharmacist, duly registered in the register;

(b) in relation to a medical practitioner, registered or deemed to be registered under the Medical Registration Ordinance;

(c) in relation to a dentist duly registered under the Dentists Registration Ordinance;

"registrar" means the Director of Medical and Health Services;

"sale by way of wholesale dealing" means sale to a person who buys for the purpose of selling again.

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(Cap. 161.)

(Cap. 156.)

3. (1) There is hereby established for the purposes of this Ordinance a Board to be styled the Pharmacy Board of Hong Kong which shall consist of four ex-officio members and five other members to be appointed by the Governor.

(2) The ex-officio members shall be the Director of Medical and Health Services, the Professor of Chemistry of the Hong Kong University, the Government Chemist and the Government Chief Pharmacist.

(3) The Governor shall every three years appoint a Government Medical Officer, a legal adviser and three registered pharmacists to be members of the Board. Such members shall hold office for a period of three years and may be re-appointed or removed by the Governor at his pleasure. In the event of any vacancy occurring from any cause, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Governor and a member so appointed shall hold office for so long as the member in whose place he has been appointed would have held office.

(4) The Director of Medical and Health Services shall be ex officio Chairman of the Board. In the case of the

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