- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०५७ BS · 2001 AD
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड १५: स्वास्थ्य · Volume 15: Health
- Official text
- Official page Official text (PDF)
- English translation
- Official English translation archived copy: the original page is no longer online
Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Act sets up the Nepal Pharmacy Council, an autonomous body, to make the pharmacy profession organised, scientific and effective. The Council is chaired by a government-nominated pharmacist with at least a bachelor's degree and ten years' experience; its members include a senior pharmacy teacher, the president of the Nepal Pharmaceutical Association, pharmacists from drug manufacturing and trade, a head of a pharmacists' professional body, two senior pharmacists including at least one woman, and the drug administrator under the Drugs Act, 2035; the Registrar is member-secretary. Nominated members serve four years.फार्मेसी व्यवसायलाई व्यवस्थित, वैज्ञानिक र प्रभावकारी बनाउन यो ऐनले स्वशासित नेपाल फार्मेसी परिषद् स्थापना गरेको छ। कम्तीमा स्नातक उपाधि र दश वर्षको अनुभव भएका, नेपाल सरकारले मनोनीत गरेका फार्मासिस्ट परिषद्का अध्यक्ष हुन्छन्; सदस्यमा फार्मेसी पढाउने वरिष्ठ शिक्षक, नेपाल फार्मास्युटिकल एसोसिएसनका अध्यक्ष, औषधि उत्पादन र बिक्री वितरणमा संलग्न फार्मासिस्ट, फार्मासिस्टको पेसागत संस्थाका प्रमुख, कम्तीमा एक महिलासहित दुई वरिष्ठ फार्मासिस्ट र औषधि ऐन, २०३५ बमोजिमका औषधि व्यवस्थापक रहन्छन्; रजिस्ट्रार सचिव हुन्छन्। मनोनीत सदस्यको पदावधि चार वर्षको हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Preamble, p. 1; Sections 3–6, pp. 3–4
- No one may practise pharmacy unless registered with the Council. Pharmacists and pharmacy assistants apply with their degrees or certificates and the prescribed fee; the Council sets the qualifications needed, keeps the register and issues registration certificates. A name can be removed only for mental illness, insolvency, a breach of professional conduct (by a two-thirds vote of the Council after an inquiry), conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude, or registration made by mistake or fraud.परिषद्मा नाम दर्ता नगरी कसैले फार्मेसी व्यवसाय गर्न पाउँदैन। फार्मासिस्ट र फार्मेसी सहायकले उपाधि वा प्रमाणपत्र र तोकिएको दस्तुरसहित निवेदन दिनुपर्छ; परिषद्ले आवश्यक योग्यता तोक्छ, दर्ता किताब राख्छ र दर्ता प्रमाणपत्र दिन्छ। मगज बिग्रेमा, दामासाहीमा परेमा, छानबिनपछि परिषद्को दुई तिहाइ बहुमतले व्यावसायिक आचरण उल्लङ्घन ठहर गरेमा, नैतिक पतन देखिने फौजदारी कसुरमा दोषी ठहरिएमा वा धोका वा गल्तीले दर्ता भएको भएमा मात्र नाम हटाइन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Section 9(gha), p. 5; Sections 11–18, pp. 6–8
- The Council recognises pharmacy degrees and certificates, sets standards for curricula, admission and exams at teaching institutions, and may observe exams. If it finds an institution's courses inadequate it reports to the government, which may, after seeking an explanation, stop recognising qualifications that institution awards after a set date.परिषद्ले फार्मेसीसम्बन्धी शैक्षिक उपाधि र प्रमाणपत्रलाई मान्यता दिन्छ, शिक्षण संस्थाको पाठ्यक्रम, भर्ना र परीक्षाको स्तर तोक्छ र परीक्षाको निरीक्षण गर्न सक्छ। कुनै संस्थाको पाठ्यक्रम वा परीक्षा प्रणाली अपर्याप्त देखिए परिषद्ले सरकारलाई प्रतिवेदन दिन्छ, र सरकारले स्पष्टीकरण मागी तोकिएको मितिपछि त्यस संस्थाले दिने उपाधिको मान्यता हटाउन सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission Section 9(kha)–(ga), p. 5; Sections 21–24, pp. 9–10
- Practising pharmacy without registration is punishable by up to three years' imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 30,000; other breaches of the Act or its rules carry a fine of up to Rs 2,000. The government designates, by gazette notice, who investigates and prosecutes these offences. The Council has its own fund; its accounts and audit follow the rules, and the government may inspect its accounts at any time.दर्ता नगरी फार्मेसी व्यवसाय गरे तीन वर्षसम्म कैद र तीस हजार रुपैयाँसम्म जरिबाना हुन्छ; ऐन वा नियमको अन्य उल्लङ्घनमा दुई हजार रुपैयाँसम्म जरिबाना हुन्छ। यस्ता कसुरको अनुसन्धान, तहकिकात र मुद्दा चलाउने अधिकारी नेपाल सरकारले राजपत्रमा सूचना प्रकाशित गरी तोक्छ। परिषद्को आफ्नै कोष हुन्छ; लेखा र लेखापरीक्षण नियमले तोकेबमोजिम हुन्छ र नेपाल सरकारले जुनसुकै बेला हिसाब जाँच्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission Sections 27–30, pp. 11–12
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
None documented in the official reports we have reviewed so far.
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.