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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1980
WHAT HAS NOT CHANGED IS THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICER'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
+DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WILL BE A FAILURE IF THE DISTRICT TEAMS DISREGARD COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND OPINIONS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT.
+ INDEED WITH BETTER MACHINERY TO ACT, THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICERS LIAISON WITH PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT MUST BE INTENSIFIED AND BROADENED, MR BARNES SAID.
PHARMACY LAWS EFFECTIVE FROM JANUARY 1
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE PHARMACY AND POISONS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1980, AIMED AT STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVING THE FUNCTION OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD, WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 1981.
ALSO COMING INTO EFFECT ON THE SAME DATE WILL BE THE PHARMACY AND POISONS (APPEAL TRIBUNAL) REGULATIONS 1980.
THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, TOGETHER WITH THE REGULATIONS, WHICH WERE APPROVED BY THE LÉGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN JULY THIS YEAR, PROVIDES FOR THE CREATION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD WITH DELEGATED POWERS TO REGISTER, LICENSE AND CERTIFY PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS.
THIS MEASURE WILL ENABLE THE BOARD TO FUNCTION MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS OF ALL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS TO SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC AGAINST SUB-STANDARD MEDICINES WHICH USUALLY ORIGINATE FROM UNKNOWN SOURCES.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT PROVISION IS THE SETTING UP OF AN APPEAL TRIBUNAL TO ARBITRATE IN DISPUTES ARISING FROM DECISIONS OF THE BOARD'S VARIOUS COMMITTEES ON MATTERS CONCERNING LICENSING, REGISTRATION AND THE ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS.
THIS MOVE IS DESIGNED TO SIMPLIFY THE EXISTING PROCEDURE WHICH HITHERTO ONLY PROVIDES FOR APPEALS TO BE MADE AT THE HIGH COURT, A PROCESS THAT IS RATHER TIME-CONSUMING.
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