The Legislative Yuan passed Article 19 and 34 of Pharmaceutical Affairs Act in the First Trial

Synchronize with Pharmacists Act to amend that the Pharmacy must sell a certain level of medical equipments.

Table.The draft amendment of Article 19 and 34 of Pharmaceutical Affairs Act

Article

The amended Articlet

The current Article

Pharmacy in this Act means that the workplace in accordance with the Act for medical dispensing, business provision by pharmacist or assistant pharmacist personally managed.

The preceding pharmacy must sell the medicine and the retail business of

the medical equipments with a certain level of on both sales.

The preceding

scope and type for the medical equipments with a certain level is determined by the central competent health authority.

Pharmacy in this Act means that the workplace in accordance with the Act for medical dispensing, business provision by pharmacist or assistant pharmacist personally managed.

The preceding pharmacy has to also manage the sale of retail business of medicine.

Pharmacy shall receive Drugstore Business License, and label with name of the manager at an obvious position. The establishment, change registration shall follow the regulation in Article 27, Paragraph 1.

Pharmacy also

manages the business in Article 19, Paragraph 2, and shall suitable for the regulation for Pharmaceutical Business. But do not have to apply for a Pharmaceutical Business Permit License.

Pharmacy also manages the retail business of medicine, and shall suitable for the regulation for

Pharmaceutical Business. But do not have to apply for a Pharmaceutical Business Permit License.

The Environmental Hygiene Committee of the Legislative Yuan had reviewd and passed Article 19 and 34 of Pharmaceutical Affairs Act on Nov. 10. It’ll deliver to the Lgislative Yuan for second reading and third reading, and the Act is expected to pass the amendment. In the future, pharmacy must sell the ratail business of medicine and a certain level of medical equipments on both sales.

The Pharmacists Act has revised Article 15, Paragraph 3 in 2007, and it has clear regulated that “pharmacist has to sell the medical equipments with a certain level”. But Article 19 and 34 of Pharmaceutical Affairs Act didn’t amend at the same time with omission. To avoid the same event has different regulation in two Acts that would impede the interests of community pharmacy, TPIP had strived for the support from the Legislators. And it will revise the regulation that pharmacy must “sell the medical equipments with a certain level” after the Environmental Hygiene Committee had reviewed and passed the first reading.

The Article 2 of Pharmacists Act didn’t pass on the same day, because of the Article 2 amendment that people with qualification of foreign pharmacists or graduated from foreign Department of Pharmacy shall have the local examination, and the number of admission of pharmacists is clear regulated that “cannot more that one percent of the number of admissions”. The amendment which TPIP provided was aparted from the Act by the identification from participants.

Ministry of Education has controlled the amount of “recruitment and establishment of Department of Pharmacy”, therefore, there is no need to take the limit of Pharmacists Act. After the discussion of participants, they decided that “the qualification of examination for pharmacists” shall reinstate to the original Article 2 of Pharmacists Act or revise Article 14 of “Professionals and Technologists Examinations Act” that regulated by a warrant of Authority, or revise “Regulations for the Senior and Junior Professional and Technical Examinations for Medical Personnel”.

The meeting had an Attached Resolution that the Legislative Yuan required the Examination Yuan to negotiate with Ministry of Education and TPIP about the qualification of examination for pharmacists. The relative amendment schedule will be published on Pharmacist Weekly and TPIP.

TPIP particular thanks the care and assistance from Pr. Fe-Lin Lin, the director in Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, NTU, for this amendment

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The Legislative Yuan passed Article 19 and 34 of Pharmaceutical Affairs Act in the First Trial