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Antibiotics
[1989 Ed.
(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the sale or supply of any such substance or preparation—
(a) to any person who is a holder of a valid permit issued under this Ordinance to deal in such substance or preparation; (Replaced 50 of 1955 s. 3)
(b) to any person who is a holder of a valid permit issued by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries under section 6(2), if any substance or preparation so sold or supplied is clearly labelled "for veterinary purposes only”; (Added 23 of 1962 s. 3)
(c) to any such medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon as aforesaid;
(d) to any authority or person carrying on a hospital, clinic, nursing home or other institution providing medical, surgical or veterinary treatment:
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to any hospital, clinic, nursing home or other institution which is required to be registered under the Medical Clinics Ordinance (Cap. 343) unless it is so registered; (Replaced 14 of 1964 s. 2)
(e) to any person carrying on an institution or business which has among its recognized activities the conduct of scientific education or research, for use by persons engaged in that education or research; or
(f) to any public department.
(4) The person dispensing a prescription shall comply with the following requirements--
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(a) if the prescription contains a direction that it may be dispensed a stated number of times or, at stated intervals, it must not be dispensed otherwise than in accordance with the direction;
(b) at the time of dispensing there must be noted on the prescription the signature of the prescriber, the name and address of the seller and the date on which the prescription was dispensed;
(c) except in the case of a prescription which may be dispensed on more than one occasion, the prescription must for a period of 2 years be retained and kept on the premises on which it was dispensed, in such manner as to be readily available for reference.
Prohibition of possession of substances to which this Ordinance applies
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), no person shall have in his possession or under his control any substance to which this Ordinance applies or any preparation of which any such substance is an ingredient or part.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to the following-
(a) a registered medical practitioner;
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