Medical Preparations (Cortisone and A.C.T.H.) Regulations, 1952.
Statutory Instruments
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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Medical Preparations (Cortisone and A.C.T.H.) Regulations, 1952.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
"the Minister" means the Minister for Health; "controlled preparation" means—
(a) the substance known as Cortisone or 11—dehydro—17—hydroxycorticosterone;
(b) the substance known as A.C.T.H. (being the adrenocorticotrophic hormone of the anterior pituitary gland);
and includes any preparation containing either of these substances;
"medical prescription" means a written prescription for a controlled preparation which is—
(a) signed and dated by a registered medical practitioner whose address is written on the prescription, and
(b) issued by that medical practitioner to a person, whose name and address is recorded thereon, prescribing the supply of a specified quantity of a controlled preparation to such person;
"veterinary prescription" means a written prescription for a controlled preparation which is—
(a) signed and dated by a registered veterinary surgeon whose address is written on the prescription, and
(b) issued by that veterinary surgeon for veterinary purposes to a person whose name and address is recorded thereon, prescribing the supply of a specified quantity of a controlled preparation to such person ;
"sale" includes the offering or keeping for sale.
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paragraphs: Articles 4 and 5 of these Regulations shall not apply to the sale of a controlled preparation—
(a) to a pharmaceutical chemist, a dispensing chemist and druggist or a registered druggist;
(b) to a hospital or similar institution, to a local authority, to the Medical Research Council of Ireland or to a registered medical practitioner;
(c) to the Veterinary College of Ireland, to the Veterinary Research Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture or to a registered veterinary surgeon.
(d) to a person engaged in the business of wholesale dealing in medical preparations or
(e) to any other person authorised in that behalf by the Minister.
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paragraphs: No person other than a pharmaceutical chemist, a dispensing chemist and druggist or a registered druggist shall sell a controlled preparation.
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paragraphs: (1) A pharmaceutical chemist or dispensing chemist and druggist shall not sell a controlled preparation by retail except in the dispensing of a medical prescription or veterinary prescription which has not already been dispensed ;
(2) A registered druggist shall not sell a controlled preparation by retail except in the dispensing of a veterinary prescription which has not already been dispensed ;
(3) A pharmaceutical chemist or dispensing chemist and druggist who has dispensed a medical prescription or a veterinary prescription or a registered druggist who has dispensed a veterinary prescription shall write prominently on the prescription the word " dispensed " and the date on which it was dispensed, shall retain the prescription in his possession for at least two years and shall then destroy it.
(4) A pharmaceutical chemist or dispensing chemist and druggist shall make available any medical prescriptions or veterinary prescriptions and a registered druggist shall make available any veterinary prescriptions in his possession for inspection by authorised officers of the Minister and by inspectors of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.
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paragraphs: Nothing in these Regulations shall affect—
(a) the supply of a controlled preparation by a registered medical practitioner to a person under his care or by a registered veterinary surgeon in the case of veterinary treatment or
(b) the sale of a controlled preparation intended solely for external use.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this Eighteenth day of November, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-two.
SÃAMAS Ã RIAIN,
Minister for Health.