ZWE - QC - LICENSING
ANIMAL HEALTH
Zimbabwe / Animal health
VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCTS (VMPs)
LICENSING
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Section 7. Any person who wishes to obtain a licence for his premises shall ensure that such premises comply with the minimum requirements set out in the Third Schedule: Provided that the Authority may exempt any person from any of the requirements set out in the Third Schedule. Section 50 of the Regulations:
Medicines to be sold from licensed premises
"No person shall sell any medicine unless the sale is effected on premises –
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(a) licensed in terms of Part V1of the Act; or
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PART E
VETERINARY MEDICINES (GENERAL DEALER) (V.M.G.D.)
Sale of veterinary medicines by general dealers
80. No general dealer shall sell any veterinary medicine listed in Part II of the Twelfth Schedule unless he is authorized thereto by the Authority.
Permits
81. The Authority may issue a permit to sell veterinary medicines to a general dealer if — (a) an application is made in Form MC 11; and
(b) the premises from which it is proposed to sell the veterinary medicines meet the requirements of the Authority.
Section 54 Register of licensed premises and persons
The Director-General shall keep and maintain in a form approved by the Authority a register of all premises which have been licensed and all persons who have been licensed in terms of this Part in which he shall record such particulars as may be directed by the Authority, the conditions, if any, imposed upon such licences and the cancellation, suspension or renewal of such licences.
Section 55 Premises and persons to be licensed
(1) No person shall practise as or carry on the business of a pharmacist on any premises unless—
(a) the premises are licensed in terms of this Part for such practice or business; and
(b) the premises are under the continuous personal supervision of a person who is licensed in terms of this Part for those premises.
(2) No person shall manufacture any medicine on any premises unless—
(a) the premises are licensed in terms of this Part in respect of that business; and
(b) the premises are under the continuous personal supervision of a person who is licensed in terms of this Part for those premises.
(3) No person shall dispense any medicine to any person or animal on any premises unless—
(a) the premises are licensed in terms of this Part in respect of such dispensing; and
(b) he is the holder of a licence to dispense such medicine to persons or animals, as the case may be, on those premises.
(4) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) shall prevail over any other provision to the contrary contained in any other enactment. and nothing in any other enactment shall be deemed to authorize any person to act in contravention of subsection (1), (2) or (3).
(5) Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level twelve or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
Section 16. No person shall sell any complementary medicine unless
the sale is effected on premises-
(a) licensed in terms of Part VI of the Actor from premises
authorised by the Authority; or
(b) authorised by a general dealer's licence issued in terms
of the Shop Licences Act [Chapter 14:17].
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Section 106. Any person who contravenes the provisions of these regulations, other than a provision for the contravention of which a penalty is provided by subsection (3) of section 38 or subsection (2a) of section 39 of the Act, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
Section 55 (5) Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level twelve or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.