A law enacted by His Excellency the High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief of the island of Cyprus, with the advice and the consent of the Legislative Council thereof : to regulate the qualifications of chemists and druggists in Cyprus and the fees to be taken in respect of the registration of chemists and druggists, and in respect of examinations under The Medical Practitioners' Licensing Law, 1891.

  • Cyprus.
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A law enacted by His Excellency the High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief of the island of Cyprus, with the advice and the consent of the Legislative Council thereof : to regulate the qualifications of chemists and druggists in Cyprus and the fees to be taken in respect of the registration of chemists and druggists, and in respect of examinations under The Medical Practitioners' Licensing Law, 1891. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    I , ., . • , h., : . i ■ 'i 'bI t. C > ■ • nil 00' of • I ].tiOB • 11- 'f .cift • Op .() ird Mtll. C • 0 s o! pro- . I'ri; ti .118 to be intend in bouk kept for tht purpose. lledical Board may hold exam- inations for Cheini>ts and Drui;(;lsts. Kxamination of Chemists and Drug^isU. Qualification of Chemists and Druggists, Qualified persons to be registered and names Ui be published in Official Gazette. 6. It sluill Iw unlawful for any Clicinisi or Druggist to make any agreement with any raoilieal practitioner to juiy or allow to .such medical practitioner any fee or commission in respect of any prescription. 7. All ])ersons in dispensing medicines shall comply strictly with the instructions contained in the British or some other recognized pharinacopfcia. . 8. Every jierson having the management of a dispensary sliall keep a sjiecial book at such dispensary for copies of prescriptions, and it shall be the duty of every person dispensing medicine according to any ]>re.scription to ])ut a numlicr on such pre.scription and to enter a copy of such pi-escriptioii in the sjxicial Ixwk refer- red to above. 9. It shall lie lawful for any Medical Board appointed under “The Medical Practitionei-s’ (Licensing) Law, 1891,” to hold e.vaminations at such times and places as the High t?ommissioner shall direct for the examination of persons (lesir.)us of being regis- tered as Chemists and Druggists. 10. Every cxaminaDion lield by the Medical Board for Chemists and Druggists shall be such sus sullicitsitly to test the possession hy the eamlidates of the knowdedge and skill refpiisite for carryiug on the business of a Chemist and Druggist. ] 1. No person shall be entitled bo be registered as a Chemi.sb and Druggist unless he is of the age of 21 y.-ars or upwards, and (1). lie is entitled to be regi.stered and is registered in Creat Britain as a (’beinist and Druggist or as a Pharmaaeubical Cliemist ; or (2.) He is bhe lawful holder of a diploma from any recognized pharniaceubical school ; or (8.) He has actually Iwen engaged and employed in dispensing aiid compounding prescriptions iis a chemist or assisUiiit chemist for a jieriod of not less than five years before the :Ust day of December, 1892 ; or (4.) He has been actually engaged and employed for a perigd of not less than three years in dispensing and compounding pre- scriptions as assistant to a chemist in Cyprus, or in the Govern- ment medical stores and chemical laboratory, and has obtained a certificate from the Msdical Board tliat lie j)08ses.ses competent skill and knowledge for carrying on the business of a Chemist and Druggist. 12. Tlierc shall be kept by the Chief Medical Officer a register of all ]K3i-sons entitled to l>e registered under this Law. Such register shall ooutain the following particulars : The name, in full, of each person registered and his residence. The date of Ins regisbrabiou. The nature of his qualilication. And the name of each }>er8on registered under this Law sliall be published in the Official Gazette.