Singapore legislation
Section 7
Section 7
Exemptions in respect of medicines supplied by medical practitioners, etc.
(1)
Except as provided in any rules made under this Act, nothing in section 6 shall apply —
to a medicine which is supplied by a medical practitioner for the purposes of medical treatment of his own patients;
to a medicine which is supplied by a registered dentist for the purposes of dental treatment of his own patients;
to a medicine which is supplied by a veterinary surgeon for the purposes of animal treatment;
to a medicine which is dispensed by a licensed pharmacist on the premises specified in his licence; or
to a poison forming part of the ingredients of a medicine, except a patent or proprietary medicine, which is supplied by a licensed pharmacist on the premises specified in his licence,if the requirements contained in subsections (2), (3) and (4) are satisfied in relation thereto.
(2)
The medicine shall be distinctly labelled with the name and address of the firm or person by whom it is supplied or dispensed and with a serial or other identification number or mark.
(3)
On the day on which the medicine is supplied or dispensed or, if that is not reasonably practicable, on the day next following that day, there shall be entered in a book which is kept and used regularly for the purpose of this provision but which need not be used exclusively for that purpose the following particulars:
the date on which the medicine was supplied or dispensed and the serial or other identification number or mark relating to the medicine;
the ingredients of the medicine or if the medicine is a proprietary medicine, the name of the medicine, and the quantity thereof supplied;
if the medicine was dispensed by a licensed pharmacist, the name or initials and, if it is known, the address of the person by whom the prescription was signed, and the name and address of the person to whom, and the date on which, the prescription was given;
if the medicine was not so dispensed, the name and address of the person to whom it was supplied.
(4)
Subsection (3) shall, in the case of a medicine supplied on a prescription on which such medicine had been supplied by the seller on a previous occasion, be deemed to be complied with if the date on which the medicine is supplied and the quantity thereof supplied are entered in the book or in a book kept for the purpose of this subsection on that day or, if that is not reasonably practicable, on the day next following that day, together with a sufficient reference to any entry in the book duly recording the dispensing of the medicine by the seller on the first occasion.
(5)
In the case of a medicine which is supplied or dispensed by a pharmacist or medical practitioner the medicine must have been compounded by or under the direct and personal supervision of the pharmacist or medical practitioner.