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Pharmacy Act, 1974 (Act No. 53 of 1974)

Board Notices

Rules Relating to Good Pharmacy Practice

Chapter 2 : Professional Standard for Services

2.23 Minimum Standards for Animal Health Care Services

 

Pharmacists with the necessary competence may provide animal health care services in accordance with his/her scope of practice and the services that may be provided in a community or institutional pharmacy.

 

The following principles must be adhered to:

(a) The consultation room applicable to the animal health care service must have a separate entrance from the pharmacy entrance.
(b) Transmission of infection between animals and from animals to humans must be avoided.
(c) Stringent hygiene must also be followed, which includes the provision of necessary advice and equipment when any veterinary medicine is sold and applied by an owner.
(d) Comprehensive record of the service provided together with owners' details must be kept.
(e) A pharmacist providing an animal health care service must advise owners of animals that a veterinarian must be consulted to confirm a diagnosis made by a pharmacist in an emergency situation.

 

 


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