Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy and Medicines Law

This tenth edition of Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy and Medicines Law (previously "Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy Law and Ethics") is your definitive guide to law relating to pharmacy and medicine practice in Great Britain. It covers law and professional regulation that all pharmacy and medicine professionals need to know. There are important updates regarding the activities of the General Pharmaceutical Council, the recent consolidation of medicines regulations and what these changes mean to your practice. New content covers: Human Medicines Regulations (HMRs) 2012; the role of the GPhC and its approach to Fitness to Practise; recent radical changes to the structure of the NHS. All chapters have been updated by well-known experts from academia, professional and legal practice. As such, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone studying or practising in pharmacy and medicine and a reliable reference for lawyers and legal professionals interested in these areas.

1. Sources of Law; 2. Human Medicines: Scope of Regulation; 3. Human Medicines: Licensing; 4. Human Medicines: Advertising; 5. Pharmacy Businesses; 6. Human Medicines: Pharmacy Medicines; 7. Human Medicines: General Sale Medicines; 8. Human Medicines: Prescription Only Medicines; 9. Human Medicines: Exemptions from Controls; 10. Human Medicines: Wholesaling; 11. Human Medicines: Sale and Supply of Homeopathic Medicines; 12. Human Medicines: Herbal Medicines; 13. Human Medicines: Prohibitions for the Protection of the Purchaser; 14. Human Medicines: Packaging, Leaflets, Labelling and Identification; 15. Human Medicines: Pharmacopeias and Compendia; 16. Veterinary Medicines; 17. Controlled Drugs; 18. Poisons; 19. Alcohol and Denatured Alcohol; 20. Chemicals; 21. Miscellaneous Legislation Affecting Pharmacy; 22. Pharmacy Regulation; 23. Professional Conduct; 24. Fitness to Practise; 25. Regulation of Other Health Professions; 26. NHS Law and Organisation; Appendix 1: Medicines Act 1968: Sections 104 and 105 Orders; Appendix 2: Prohibition of Non-medicinal Antimicrobial Substances; Appendix 3: Patient Group Directions; Appendix 4: Misuse of Drugs Act 1971: Controlled Drugs Classified for Levels of Penalties; Appendix 5: Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001: Controlled Drugs Classified for Regimes of Control; Appendix 6: The Poisons List Order 1982; Appendix 7: The Poisons Rules 1982; Appendix 8: Classification and Labelling of Chemicals; Appendix 9: GPhC Standards for Registered Pharmacies; Appendix 10: GPhC Referral Criteria from the Investigating Committee; Appendix 11: GPhC Prosecution Policy; Appendix 12: GPhC Indicative Sanctions Guidance.