The Health Sciences Authority administers the following statutes:
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The Medicines Act and its Regulations
The Medicines Act was gazetted in 1977 to provide a comprehensive control of all aspects of dealings in medicinal and its related products (Western medicines, Chinese proprietary medicines, cosmetic products, contact lens substances, etc)
Subsidiary Legislation
Medicines (Advertisement) (Exemption) Order
Medicines (Advertisements by Healthcare Institutions) (Exemption) Order 2004
Medicines (Advertisements of Oral Dental Gums) Regulations
Medicines (Cessation of Application of Act to Medical Devices) Order 2010
Medicines (Chinese Proprietary Medicines) (Exemption) Order
Medicines (Clinical Trials) Regulations
Medicines (Exemption of Registered Pharmacy from Wholesale Dealer's Licence) Order
Medicines (Export Licence for Psychotropic Substances) Regulations
Medicines (General Sale List) Order
Medicines (Good Manufacturing Practice Certificate – Cosmetic Products) Regulations
Medicines (Good Manufacturing Practice Certificate) Regulations
Medicines (Labelling of Aspirin Products) Regulations
Medicines (Labelling of Chinese Proprietary Medicines) Regulations
Medicines (Labelling) Regulations
Medicines (Licensing, Standard Provisions and Fees) Regulations
Medicines (Medical Advertisements) Regulations
Medicines (Non-Medicinal Products) (Consolidation) Order
Medicines (Oral Dental Gums) (Labelling) Regulations
Medicines (Oral Dental Gums) (Licensing) Regulations
Medicines (Oral Dental Gums) (Specification) Order
Medicines (Orphan Drugs) (Exemption) Order
Medicines (Prescription Only) Order
Medicines (Prescription Oral Dental Gums) Order
Medicines (Product Licence) (Exemption) Order
Medicines (Prohibition of Sale and Supply) Order
Medicines (Registration of Pharmacies) Regulations
Medicines (Sale and Supply by Pharmacy) Notification 1999
Medicines (Traditional Medicines, Homeopathic Medicines and Other Substances) (Exemption) Order
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The Health Products Act and its Regulations
The Health Products Act was introduced in 2007. The purposes of this Act are:
- to provide for the categorisation of health products in accordance with their different characteristics and uses;
- to provide the framework for a uniform approach for the registration of health products; and the regulation of the manufacture, import, supply, storage, presentation and advertisement of health products
- to allow for each category of health product to be registered and regulated by reference to its formulation, composition, design specification, quality, safety and efficacy and within the framework provided by this Act; and
- to prescribe the standards for health products in relation to their formulation, composition, design specification, quality, safety, efficacy and presentation
Subsidiary Legislation
Health Products Act (Commencement) Notification 2007
Health Products (Cosmetic Products - ASEAN Cosmetic Directive) Regulations 2007
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The Poisons Act which was first gazetted in 1939, regulates the importation, possession and sales of potent medicinal substances (poisons) so as to prevent misuse or illicit diversion of poisons. Poisons are listed under the Poisons Act and are identified by their chemical or generic names. The Poison Rules which are made under the Poisons Act serves to ensure the general safe handling of poisons.
Subsidiary Legislation
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The Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act
The Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act was introduced in 1956 for two purposes:
Subsidiary Legislation
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The Sale of Drugs Act was first introduced in 1919 as the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance which was operated by the Municipality of Singapore. In 1973, the law was vertically split into the Sale of Food Act and the Sale of Drugs Act. The Sale of Food Act was then delegated to the Ministry of the Environment while the Sale of Drugs Act was delegated to the Ministry of Health.
The purpose of the Sale of Drugs Act is to ensure that consumers are supplied with the quantity and quality of drugs demanded by them, explicitly or implicitly.
Thus the sale of adulterated drugs is an offence only when the purchaser is not fully informed of the nature of the adulteration at the time of purchase; and that only under certain circumstances may a drug be presumed to be adulterated or that it be deemed to be sold for human consumption.
Subsidiary Legislation
Sale of Drugs (Prohibited Drugs) (Consolidation) Regulations
Sale of Drugs (Prohibited Substance – Rhodamine B) Regulations
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Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act
The Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, previously known as the Smoking (Control of Advertisments and Sale of Tobacco) Act, was enacted with the objective to bring down the prevalence of smoking among the public, in particular, the youths.
This Act, amongst other things, restrict accessibility of tobacco products to youths, inform public of the health hazards of smoking via health warning labels on tobacco packs, prohibit advertisements and sales promotion of tobacco products and limit tar and nicotine contents in cigarettes for sale locally.
Subsidiary Legislation
Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) (Composition of Offences) Regulations
Smoking (Control of Advertisements and Sale of Tobacco) (Labelling) Regulations
Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Limits on Certain Substances) Regulations 2010
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