Revised Pharmacy Bill to replace 1979 law
(CNS): The Ministry of Health and Wellness has published the Pharmacy Bill, 2023 and is inviting the public to comment on the proposed legislation, which will repeal and replace the existing outdated legislation. The new bill will classify medicines, provide clear rules on the proper handling and supply of medicines, establish a system for applications to the Pharmacy Council for licences, and regulate the manufacturing, wholesale, importation and dispensing of medicines.
“The Pharmacy Bill, 2023 will close gaps due to the existing Pharmacy Act being so outdated,” Chief Medical Officer Dr Nick Gent said in a press release about the new legislation.
“The new bill is needed to respond to the current needs of the community by ensuring that medicines imported are of the highest quality, stemming the importation of medicines by those without the appropriate licence or authority, and even ensuring that basic standards are created and met, for example, that all medicines stocked, distributed and prescribed in Cayman must have leaflets written in English,” he said.
Health Minister Sabrina Turner said the bill was long overdue. “I encourage the community to engage with my ministerial team as our aim is to bring it to parliament as soon as possible,” she said as she encouraged people to sumbit their comments.
Khimanie Blackwood, the chairperson of the Pharmacy Council, said the bill represented a significant milestone in the mission to ensure the delivery of the highest standard of pharmaceutical services to the people of the Cayman Islands.
See the legislation here and submit feedback and questions via the ministry’s website,
or email MOHfeedback@gov.ky
or attend the public consultation meetings which are expected to be announced shortly.
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Liquor stores are hiring extra cashiers as I type……..
medications are made in countries that have very poor hygiene plus meds that’s given to patient in those brown bottle there is no expired date shown on bottle.
Yes on the Brac medicine tablets in little brown bottle never have expire dates. I complained about it and they said it’ how the computer is set. That’s not good and expire dates are needed on all medicines
Anybody responded to Dr. Marc Lockhart yet?
Didn’t think so… Ok, back to (not) work
more useless red tape that will drive costs up….thanks for nothing pact.
Hopefully it means Pharmacists can dispense more of the basic meds we need to reduce ridiculous trips to the Dr.
There is no need to keep going back to the Dr to get a further prescription for birth control, or the morning after pill or prescription strength athletes foot cream etc.
You do not need a prescription for the morning-after pill.
This bill will increase the cost for the consumer, as pharmacies and medical supply companies will not be able to import medicines from countries where they are less expensive (even though it’s the same product from the same manufacturer). Hopefully those English labels will be worth the extra cost, PACT.
It’s the same reason why food is so expensive here. They don’t allow food importation from Central America and are forced to source from the US, even though the food in the US comes from Central and South America.
And all of the medication comes from the same producers, it’s just priced differently according to where you live.
I’ll pass on the Honduran pills, thanks.
That half strength knock off viagra doesn’t do it for me either.
Grey goods violate copyright laws. Cayman cannot import medicines labelled for sale in India and resell them at US prices. Hope CIG now starts enforcing copyright violations.
Are you asking CIG to break copyright laws to which Cayman Islands are party to?