Pharmacy and Drugs Act

Section Establishment of a pharmacy board Section There shall be a pharmacy board consisting of— the chief medical officer, who shall be the chairperson; the chief pharmacist; an advocate of at least five years’ standing being a public officer appointed by the Minister; two medical practitioners appointed by the Minister; a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Minister; and four pharmacists appointed by the Minister. The term of office of the appointed members of the board shall be three years, but they shall be eligible for reappointment. An appointed member may resign his or her office by writing under his or her hand addressed to the Minister or may be removed from office by the Minister for inability to perform the functions of his or her office.

Section Meetings of the board Section The board shall meet at such times and places as it deems necessary or expedient for the transaction of its business. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the board and, in his or her absence, such member of the board as the members present shall appoint, shall preside. The quorum of the board shall be four, of whom two shall be pharmacists. The chairperson at any meeting of the board shall, in addition to his or her deliberative vote as a member of the board, have a casting vote. The registrar shall cause details of all business transacted at meetings of the board to be entered regularly in a minute book kept for the purpose; and the minutes of the proceedings of each meeting shall be submitted for confirmation at a subsequent meeting of the board and, if passed as correct, shall be confirmed by the signature of the chairperson and, when so confirmed, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts as an accurate record of the proceedings so recorded.

Section The registrar Section The chief pharmacist shall be the registrar, and shall act as secretary to the board and perform such other duties as may be required of him or her by law or by order of the board.

Section Inquiries Section A person appearing in answer to a summons under this section— The chairperson of the board may, by summons under his or her hand, require any person to appear before the board or the disciplinary committee at an inquiry held in connection with any of the functions of the board or the disciplinary committee. A summons under this section may require the person to whom the summons is directed to produce to the board or the disciplinary committee any documents or other articles under his or her control which relate to a matter in question at the inquiry. may be examined as a witness on oath or otherwise; may examine witnesses and address the board or the disciplinary committee, as the case may be, either himself or herself or by an advocate representing him or her. Nothing in this section shall require a person, other than the person whose conduct is being inquired into, to give any evidence or produce any article which would tend to incriminate him or her.