Medicines and Cosmetics Act 1999 (No. 10 of 1999).

This Act makes provision for the control of manufacture, importation and placing on the market of medicines, including veterinary medicines and defines duties of a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeons in this respect. The Minister may, by notice in the National Gazette, declare a medicinal product, a medical device or a cosmetic to be a product to which this Act applies. A person may apply to the licensing authority for a product licence or a licence authorizing him or her– (a) to manufacture on specified premises a medicinal product or a cosmetic or a medicinal device; or (b) to sell by wholesale or retail a medicinal product or a cosmetic or a medicinal device; or (c) to import a medicinal product or a cosmetic or a medicinal device for sale or distribution; or (d) to sell by retail a medical device or a cosmetic or a medicinal device. All products to which this Act applies are to conform to such standards as are prescribed. The licensing authority shall establish, maintain and publish– (a) a list of medicinal products that can only be dispensed or supplied by a pharmacist on a prescription given by a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon; and (b) a list of medicinal products that can be sold or supplied without prescription issued by a medical practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon, but under the supervision of a pharmacist; and (c) a list of medicinal products that can generally be sold over the counter without the supervision of a pharmacist.