Main description:

This tenth edition of Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy and Medicines Law (previously "Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy Law and Ethics") is your definitive guide to law relating to pharmacy and medicine practice in Great Britain. It covers law and professional regulation that all pharmacy and medicine professionals need to know. There are important updates regarding the activities of the General Pharmaceutical Council, the recent consolidation of medicines regulations and what these changes mean to your practice. New content covers: Human Medicines Regulations (HMRs) 2012; the role of the GPhC and its approach to Fitness to Practise; recent radical changes to the structure of the NHS. All chapters have been updated by well-known experts from academia, professional and legal practice. As such, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone studying or practising in pharmacy and medicine and a reliable reference for lawyers and legal professionals interested in these areas.

Contents:

1. Sources of Law; 2. Medicines Act 1968: Scope and Administration; 3. Medicines Act 1968: The Licensing System; 4. Medicines Act 1968: Sales Promotion of Medicinal Products; 5. Medicines Act 1968: Retail Pharmacy Business; 6. Medicines Act 1968: Pharmacy Medicines; 7. Medicines Act 1968: General Sale Medicines; 8. Medicines Act 1968: Prescription Only Medicines; 9. Medicines Act 1968: Retail Sale and Supply; 10. Medicines Act 1968: Wholesale Dealing; 11. Medicines Act 1968: Sale and Supply of Homeopathic Medicines for Human Use; 12. Medicines Act 1968: Herbal Medicines; 13. Veterinary Medicinal Products; 14. Medicines Act 1968: Prohibitions for Protection of the Purchaser; 15. Medicines Act 1968: Containers, Packages and Idenification; 16. Medicines Act 1968: Pharmacopoeias and Other Publications; 17. Controlled Drugs; 18. Poisons and Pesticides; 19. Alcohol and Denatured Alcohol; 20. Dangerous Substances and Consumer Protection; 21. Miscellaneous Legislation Affecting Pharmacy; 22. Pharmacy Regulation and Leadership; 23. Professional Conduct; 24. Fitness to Practice; 25. Organisation of Other Health Professionals; 26A. National Health Service Law and Organisation; 26B. English Pharmacy; 26C. Scottish Pharmacy; 26D. Welsh Pharmacy; 27. Legal Decisions Affecting Pharmacy; Appendix 1: The Medicines Act 1968: Medicinal Products; Appendix 2: Medicines Act 1968: Prohibition of Non-medicinal Antimicrobial Substances; Appendix 3: The Medicines Regulations SI 2008 No 2789; Appendix 4: Medicines Act 1968: Veterinary Drugs: Pharmacy & Merchants List; Appendix 5: Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; Appendix 6: Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985; Appendix 7: The Poisons List Order 1982; Appendix 8: The Poisons Rules 1982; Appendix 9: Substances and Preparations Dangerous to Supply; Appendix 10: Medicines Act 1968: Patient Group Directions