Pharmacy Law and Practice (eBook)

Jonathan Merrills, Jonathan Fisher (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2008
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-68037-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This textbook explains what pharmacy students and practicing pharmacists need to know about pharmacy and the law, including recent changes in the National Health Service. The book provides easy accessibility amd concise, yet comprehensive information. There have been many changes in the NHS and in the law relating to pharmacy since the first edition was written. Therefore, the book has been thoroughly revised, and the text re-organized.

Merrills and Fisher

Inhalt

Pharmacy Law and Practice 5
Contents 7
Preface to the Third Edition 13
Table of Cases 15
Table of Statutes 19
Table of Statutory Instruments 23
List of Abbreviations 29
1 The National Health Service 33
The National Insurance Act 1911 33
The National Health Service statutes 33
The National Health Service Act 1977 35
General principles, scope and nature of the current NHS 35
The interests of the public 40
Advice from the health professions 43
Acts of Parliament mainly concerned with the NHS 45
2 Administration of the NHS 46
The Department of Health 46
NHS Executive 46
Health Authorities 46
NHS contracts 48
NHS Trusts 48
Primary Care Groups 50
Special Health Authorities 51
Prescription Pricing Authority 51
Effects of devolution 52
3 Applications to Dispense NHS Prescriptions 56
Applications for NHS contracts 56
In the pharmaceutical list 56
Who may apply for a contract? 57
Applications for change of ownership 62
Removal from the pharmaceutical list 63
Applications from appliance contractors 64
Planning law 64
4 Rural Dispensing 65
History 65
The current rules 65
5 Terms of Service 70
The Health Authority's duty 70
Pharmaceutical services 71
Additional professional services 84
Incorporation of other provisions 85
6 The Drug Tariff 86
Form and content of the Drug Tariff 86
Urgent prescriptions 90
Borderline Substances 93
Medical Foods Regulations 95
7 Prescription Charges 98
The Regulations 98
8 Complaints and Discipline in the NHS 105
Pharmacy-based complaints procedure 105
Complaint handling in Health Authorities 106
Disciplinary procedures 108
New arrangements for dealing with serious allegations 112
Referral to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society 113
The FHS Appeal Authority 114
9 Retail Pharmacy 115
History 115
Who may own a pharmacy? 115
Retail pharmacy business 117
Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists 119
10 Manufacture and Licensing of Medicinal Products 121
The Medicines Act 1968 and other controls 121
Medicinal products 122
Marketing Authorization 125
Manufacturers' Licence 126
11 Control of Sales of Medicines 131
Control of retail sales 131
Legal categories of medicines 131
Retail sales staff 136
Wholesaling of medicines 138
Parallel imports 142
Advertising and sales promotion 144
12 Special Circumstances 150
Supply of medicines in an emergency 150
Collection and delivery schemes 152
Named-patient supplies 153
13 Hospitals and the Medicines Act 157
Crown immunity 157
Exemptions in the Medicines Act for hospitals 157
14 Traditional and Alternative Medicines 160
Herbal remedies 160
Homoeopathic medicines 162
Restrictions on sale for safety reasons 165
HIV testing kits 167
15 Labelling and Containers 169
The main Regulations 169
The standard labelling requirements for medicinal products for human use 170
Labelling for dispensed medicinal products 174
Standard labelling requirements for homeopathic products 175
Pharmacists' own remedies 175
Child resistant containers 175
Ribbed or fluted bottles 176
Offences 177
Patient Information Leaflets 177
Standard requirements for Patient Information Leaflets 178
16 Other Health Professions and Medicines 181
Doctors 181
Nurses 181
Midwives 181
Opthalmic opticians 182
Chiropodists 183
Ambulance paramedics 184
Nurse prescribing 185
Patient Group Directions 188
17 Poisons and Other Controls 192
The Poisons Board 192
The Poisons List 192
The Poisons Rules 193
Section 4 exemptions 196
The CHIP Regulations 1994 197
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 198
Other products subject to statutory control 199
18 Controlled Drugs 200
Basic provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 200
International convention 201
Regulations concerned with misue of drugs 202
The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1985 202
Requirements for writing prescriptions 208
Supplies within the hospital or nursing home 210
How are supplies made commercially? 211
Requisitions 211
Preservation of prescriptions, etc. 214
Destruction of CDs 215
Re-use of controlled drugs 216
Safe custody 216
Addicts 217
Controls of specific drugs 219
Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 220
19 Confidentiality and Records 221
Confidentiality 221
What is a health record? 223
Individual's rights 224
Records 227
20 The European Union 230
Law-making institutions 230
Community law 231
21 The Pharmacy Profession 236
History 236
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 238
The Statutory Committee of the RPSGB 241
The standards of professional conduct 244
A Health Committee 249
The future 249
22 Liability in Negligence 252
Dispensing mistakes 252
Negligence 252
Liability as an occupier of premises 258
23 Business Premises 260
Freehold premises 260
Leasehold premises 261
24 Business Associations 276
The sole trader 276
Partnership 276
The limited company 280
25 The Sale of Goods 293
Formation of the contract 293
The price to be paid 294
Cancelling the contract 295
The passing of property 295
Perishing of goods 298
Invalid title 299
Misrepresentation 302
Terms of the contract 303
Remedies available to the seller - buyer in default 308
Buyer's remedies 310
Damages 311
Product liability 314
26 Employment Law 316
The contract of employment 316
Continuity of employment 319
Special categories of employee 319
Employee's duties under the contract of employment 320
Restraint of trade covenants 322
Employer's duties under the contract of employment 323
Wages issues 328
Maternity issues 328
Insolvent employer 330
Equal pay and discrimination 330
Bringing the employment to an end 336
Human rights at work 343
Appendices 345
1: Definitions 345
2: National Health Service Act 1977 351
3: Medicines Act 1968 355
4: The Medicines (Products other than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1983 363
5: NHS (PS) Regulation 1992 Schedule 2 371
6: The Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Regulations 1994 381
7: The Code of Ethics of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 393
Index 411

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"A comprehensive guide to the law and practice of pharmacy."Chemist and Druggist

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• Schlagworte: abreast • accessible standard • Book • changes • Component • Course • daily • Edition • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Health & Health Care Special Topics • Health & Social Care • Healthcare • Law • Managers • Pharmacists • Pharmacy • Practical • Practice • practising • Reference • source • Spezialthemen Gesundheitswesen • students • substantial • Text • Third • undertaken
• ISBN-10: 0-470-68037-7 / 0470680377
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-68037-7 / 9780470680377