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Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 1965 (Act No. 101 of 1965)

18B. Sampling of medicines, medical devices or IVDs

[Section 18B heading substituted by section 24 of Notice No. 19, GG 39585, dated 8 January 2016]

 

(1) No person shall sample any medicine, medical devices or IVD.

 

(2) Use of medicines, medical devices or IVDs for exhibition or appraisal purposes shall be as prescribed.

 

(3) For the purposes of this section ‘sample’ means the free supply of medicines, medical devices or IVDs by a device or IVD establishment, manufacturer or wholesaler or its agent to a pharmacist, medical practitioner, dentist, veterinarian, practitioner, nurse or other person registered under the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974), or any professional or person authorized to use the device.

 

[Section 18B substituted by section 16 of Notice No. 434, GG 32148, dated 21 April 2009]