"pharmaceutical product" and "medicine" mean any sub- stance or mixture of substances manufactured, sold, supplied or offered for sale or supply for use in- (4) the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, alleviation or prevention of disease or any symptom thereof; (b) the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, alleviation of any abnormal physical or physiologica! stale or any symptom thereof;
(c) altering, modifying, correcting or restoring any
organic function,
in human beings or in animals;"; und
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(6) by inserting after the definition of "Poisons List" the following
new definition-
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3.
Atendimet pË section 8.
Addlon of
new feedGBP 10A and 109.
""practising certificate" means
section 10A;".
[certificate issued under
Section 703) of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by deleting the full stop after paragraph (d) and substituting a
semicolou, and
(6) by inserting after paragraph (d) the following-
"(e) being a person required to be the holder of a practising certificate, has practised as a pharmacist in Hong Kong for a period exceeding 6 months without having obtained such a certificate
( is no longer practising as a pbarmacist in Hong Kong.”.
Section 8 of the principul Ordinance is amended by deleting sub- section (2) and substituting the following-
"(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), the Board may require any applicant for registration to pass such ex- aminations as may determine or to undergo such period of training os the Board may specify.".
5. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 10 the following new sections
“Registered
Pharmands.
uot to practiam
without
Takdang Cerucale.
10A. (1) Subject to this section, a registered pharmacist shall not practise as a pharmacist in Hong Kong, unless he is the holder of a practising certificate which is then in force.
(2) Subject to the payment of the prescribed fee for the issue of a practising certificate, the Secretary, on applica- tion made to him for that purpose by a registered pharmacist, shall issue to him a certificate to the effect that he is, subject to any conditions and restrictions specified in the certificate, entitled to practise as a pharmacist in Hong Koog
(3) Where a practising certificate Is Issued pursuant to an application made during the course of a year in respect of that year, the certificate shall, subject to subsection (5) be in force from the time of its lasue until the end of that year.
(4) Where a practising certificate is issued pursuant to an application made during the course of a year in respect of the following year, the certificate shall, subject to sub-
Recovery ot practisin
tee.
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Section (5), be in force for a period of 12 months com- mencing on Ist January in that following year.
(5) [ et any time during the currency of a practising certificate issued under this section, the holder of the cer tificate ceases to be registered under this Ordinance, the certificate shall thereupon be deemed to be cancelled.
(6) Any person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate under this section shall be deemed to have obtained the certificate when he has duly applied to the Secretary and paid the prescribed fee for the issue of the practising certificals.
(7) A person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate shall not be catided to recover any fees, costs or other remuneration on any cause of action unless he was, at the time when the cause of action arose, the holder of a valid practising certificate.
(8) This section applies to any person whose name has been entered on the register of pharmacists.
108. (1) If any registered pharmacist contravença sub- section (1) of section 104, the amount of the prescribed [or payable by him under subsection (2) of that section shall be recoverable as a civil debt,
(2) to any proceedings under this section a certificate purporting to be under the band of the Secretary to the effect that the registered pharmacist concerned had not paid the prescribed fee for the issue of a practising certificate shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence of non- payment of the fee.
(3) On recovery from a registered pharmacist of a prescribed fee under this section the Secretary shall, if the registered pharmacist's name appears on the register of pharmacists, issue the registered" pharmacist with the appropriate practising certificate.".
6.
Section 29(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a)
by inserting after paragraph (a) the following new paragraphs--- "Yaa) prescribing the form of practising certificate for a registered pharmacist and the fees to be paid on the issue of such certificate;
{ab} the disposal of any for paid or recovered under this
Ordinance:"; and
(5) by inserting after subsection (1) the following new subsection—
TIA) Any regulations made under subsection (Kaa) may prescribe different fees to be payable by different categories of pharmacists.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this day of June, 1977,
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
Amendment of