Scope and Objectives of Various Legislations in Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence and Pharmacy Law and Ethics and MCQs related to them for
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• Scope and Objectives of Various Legislations
1. Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules 1945: To regulate the manufacture, distribution, sale and import of the drugs and cosmetics.
2. Pharmacy Act, 1948 and Rules: (I) To control and regulate pharmacy profession in India. (II) To raise the status of pharmacy profession in India.
3. Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act, 1954: (I) To control certain types of advertisements related to drugs. (II) To prohibit certain types of advertisements related to magic remedies.
4. Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and Rules (NDPS Act 1985): (I) To consolidate and amend the laws relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. (II) To make stringent provisions for control and regulation of operations to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. (III) To prevent illicit traffic in N.D.P.S.
5. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971: To provide for the termination of certain pregnancies by registered medical practitioners and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
6. Poisons Act, 1919: To control and regulate sale, possession, possession for sale and import of poisons.
7. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960: To prevent the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on animals.
8. The Patents Act, 1970: (I) To encourage inventors to make a greater contribution to their field by granting them exclusive rights to their inventions. (II) To speed the development of an indigenous pharmaceutical industry and to guarantee that Indian public had access to low-cost drugs.
9. The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006: (I) To consolidate the laws relating to food (II) to establish the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for laying down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
10. Consumer Protection Act, 2019: Protection of the interests of consumers and for the said purpose, to establish authorities for timely and effective administration and settlement of consumers disputes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
11. Disaster Management Act, 2005: Effective management of disasters and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
12. Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO) 2013: (I) To control production, supply, distribution, etc. of essential medicines for maintaining or increasing supplies and for securing their equitable distribution and availability at fair prices.
13. New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019: To promote clinical research in India.
14. Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010: (I) To provide for the registration and regulation of clinical establishments in India. (II) To prescribe minimum standards of facilities and services for all categories of health care establishments (except teaching hospitals). (III) To establish a digital registry of Clinical Establishments at National, State and District level. (IV) To prevent quackery by unqualified practitioners by introducing registration system.
15. Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016: To improve the collection, segregation, processing, treatment and disposal of bio-medical wastes in an environmentally sound management thereby, reducing the bio-medical waste generation and its impact on the environment.
MCQs
1. The main objective of ______ is to regulate the profession and practice of pharmacy and to raise the status of profession of pharmacy in India.
(a) D and C Act, 1940
(b) Pharmacy Act, 1948
(c) UGC Act, 1956
(d) AICTE Act, 1987
2. To promote clinical research in India is the objective of
(a) Clinical Establishment Act and Rules
(b) Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945
(c) Pharmacy Act-1948 and Rules
(d) New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019.
3. Which one of the following is not the objective of NDPS Act, 1985?
(a) To control certain types of advertisements related to drugs.
(b) To consolidate and amend the laws relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
(c) To make stringent provisions for control and regulation of operations to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
(d) To prevent illicit traffic in N.D.P.S.
4. The Act enacted to prevent quackery by unqualified practitioners is ______.
(a) Consumer Protection Act
(b) The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
(c) Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act 1954
(d) Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010
5. To regulate the manufacture, distribution, sale and import of the drugs and cosmetics is the objective of _______.
(a) Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO) 2013
(b) Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945
(c) Pharmacy Act-1948 and Rules
(d) Consumer Protection Act
6. The rules prescribed for reducing the bio-medical waste generation and its impact on the environment are called as _______.
(a) Biomedical Water Management Rules, 2006
(b) Biomedicine Waste Management Rules, 2016
(c) Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016
(d) Biomaterial Waste Management Rules, 2006
7. An objective of Disaster Management Act is ______.
(a) Effective management of disasters due to COVID 19
(b) Effective management of diseases
(c) Effective management of disasters due to pandemics
(d) Effective management of disasters
8. To encourage inventors to make a greater contribution to their field by granting them exclusive rights to their inventions is an objective of ______.
(a) The Copyrights Act, 1957
(b) The Patents Act, 1970
(c) The Designs Act, 2000
(d) Trade and Merchandise Act 1958
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