legal basis of retail pharmacy business Flashcards
retail pharmacy business
business that operates from a registered pharmacy
retail sale
sale of a substance/article to a person who buys it other than to sell it/administer it/cause it to be administered in the course of a business
retail supply
supply otherwise than a substance/article to a person who buys it other than to sell it/administer it/cause it to be administered in the course of a business
Who can own a retail pharmacy business?
1) pharmacist
2) partnership of pharmacists
3) body corporate
4) ‘representative’ of a pharmacist
In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, what must all partners be?
pharmacists
In Scotland how many partners must be a pharmacist?
one
What is a body corporate?
a company
Why may a representative take over a retail pharmacy business?
1) death of pharmacist
2) bankrupt pharmacist
3) mentally unfit pharmacist
Who is a representative?
1) executor of deceased pharmacist
2) trustee in bankruptcy
3) receiver of mentally unfit pharmacist
How long can a business be run following the death of a pharmacist?
5 years
How long can a business be run following bankruptcy?
3 years
How long can a business be run following the takeover of a mentally unfit pharmacist?
3 years
What details need to be included on signed order records?
1) date POM was prescribed
2) name/quantity/formulation/strength of POM subscribed
3) name + address/trade/business of person to whom medicine was supplied
4) purpose for which POM was sold/supplied
Who can provide signed orders?
1) doctors
2) dentists
3) registered pharmacies
4) midwives
5) chiropodists/podiatrists
6) paramedics
7) owner/master of ship
8) working for National Lifeboat Institution
