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Antibiotics

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be prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 12 and, where such regulations prescribe a substance produced by living organisms, the regulations may include any substance the chemical properties of which are identical with or similar to those of the substances so prescribed but which is not produced by living organisms: (Amended 50 of 1955 s. 2)

Provided that this Ordinance shall not apply to antibiotic substances contained in foods for livestock or to such substances which have been specially manufactured for the purpose of supplementing foods for livestock. (Added 50 of 1955 s. 2)

4.

Control of sale and supply of substances

to which this Ordinance applies

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall sell or otherwise supply any substance to which this Ordinance applies or any preparation of which any such substance is an ingredient or part unless he is-

(a) a registered medical practitioner, a registered dentist or a veterinary surgeon or a person acting in accordance with the directions of any such medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon, and the substance or preparation is sold or supplied for the purpose of treatment by or in accordance with the directions of that medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon; or (b) a person who, although not a registered medical practitioner, practises medicine in a clinic in such circumstances that, by virtue of section 8(8) of the Medical Clinics Ordinance (Cap. 343), he is not by reason solely of such practice guilty of an offence under section 28 of the Medical Registration Ordinance (Cap. 161) and the substance or preparation is sold or supplied by him solely in the course of his practice in that clinic for the purpose of treatment by him or treatment in accordance with his directions;

( Added 14 of 1964 s. 2)

or

(c) a registered pharmacist or an authorized seller of poisons, and the substance or preparation is sold or supplied under the authority of a prescription signed and dated by such medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon as aforesaid.

(2) No person shall administer by way of treatment any such substance or preparation unless he is such a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon or a person acting in accordance with the written directions of any such medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon, or a holder of a valid permit issued by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries under section 6(2), or a person acting under the direction of a holder of such permit, or a person referred to in subsection (1)(b) and such substance or preparation is admin- istered in the course of his practice in the clinic concerned. (Amended 50 of 1955 s. 3; 23 of 1962 s. 3; 14 of 1964 s. 2)