(p. 185,)
(Cap. 343)
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"Board" means the Pharmacy and Poisons Board established
under section 3:
"dispensing" in relation to a medicine or poison includes the compounding or mixing of substances (including poisons) and the supplying of the same;
"duly qualified veterinary surgeon” means a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons of Great Britain, or a person holding a diploma or certificate from a veterinary training institution or examining body prescribed by regulations made under paragraph (n) of section 29;
"institution" means—-
(a) any hospital or maternity home within the meaning of the Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Maternity Homes Registration Ordinance:
(b) any clinic within the meaning of the Medical Clinics
Ordinance; and
(c) any such hospital, maternity bome or clinic maintained
by the Crown;
"labelled" means any statement forming part of or affixed to a container in which pharmaceutical products are sold, which statement may, subject to any regulations made under this Ordinance, be printed in English or Chinese;
“listed seller of poisons" means a person whose name is entered on the list kept under section 25 of persons entitled to conduct the retail sale of poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List:
"manufacture" rocans the preparation of pharmaceutical products for sale or distribution but shall not include the individual dispensing on a prescription or otherwise of any pharma- ceutical product, and "manufacturer" has a corresponding meaning:
"pharmaceutical product" and "medicine" mean any substance or mixture of substances (whether or not poisons are included in such mixture) dispensed or manufactured for use in the treat- ment of human or animal ailments;
"poison" means a substance which is specified in the Poisons List;
"Poisons List" means the Poisons List prescribed by regulations:
"registered" means-
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(a) in relation to a pharmacist, a person whose name has been
entered on the register of pharmacists under section 5;
(b) in relation to premises, such premises as are entered on
the register of premises under section 13;
(c) in relation to a medical practitioner, a person duly regis- tered or deemed to be registered under the Medical Registration Ordinance;
(d) in relation to a dentist, a person duly registered or deemed to be registered under the Dentists Registration Ordinance:
"sale by way of wholesale dealing" means the sale of goods to a person who is authorized by this Ordinance to resell such goods;
"Secretary" means the secretary to the Board.
(2) It shall be a sufficient compliance with any requirement in this Ordinance that premises be under the personal control of a registered pharmacist if for not less than two-thirds of the hours of each day the premises are open for business a registered pharmacist is present at the premises and exercises control and supervision over the persons employed therein.
(3) Where in this Ordinance any document is required to be signed by any person, that person shall write his name or make his mark on the document but the affixing of a chop shall not be an adequate signature.
3. (1) There shall be for the purposes of this Ordinance a Board to be called the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
(2) The Board shall consist of-
(a) the Director of Medical and Health Services; (b) the Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Hong
Kong:
(c) the Government Chemist;
(d) the Chief Pharmacist of the Medical and Health Depart-
ment;
(e) one medical officer in the Medical and Health Depart-
ment appointed by the Governor,
(Cap. 161.)
(CAN. 186)
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board