Health Legislation

This law establishes the rules relating to medicines, other health products and pharmacy.

This decree regulates the exercise of hospital pharmaceutical activity in the health structures of the National Health Service. It covers all health structures of the National Health Service that carry out this activity, namely central hospitals and regional hospitals. Its purpose is to organize, improve, optimize and standardize hospital pharmaceutical services in the National Health Service.

The Act amended the National Identity Cards Act, 2011.

The law establishes the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria and regulates the standard of training and practice of pharmacy.

The legislation regulates the production, import, export, conservation, distribution, quality analysis and sale of medicines for human use, including traditional medicines, as well as all other health products, pharmaceutical practice and opticianry.

The purpose of the Act is to establish a biometric identification and authentication system for natural persons.

The law regulates the manufacture and registration of medicines, the approval of medical devices, and sets out rules for pharmacies and the practice of the profession of pharmacist.

This Law amended the Law n°14/2008 governing registration of the population and issuance of the national identity card.

The law institutes in Burkina Faso an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) biometric identity card with an electronic chip. The ECOWAS identity card is an official identification document required for all civil acts.

The law creates the Ordre des Pharmaciens (The Order of Pharmacists), which is responsible for organizing and representing individuals and legal entities practicing the pharmaceutical professions in Mali.

This Law establishes a biometric identity card.

The law creates the Order of Pharmacists of Cape Verde and provides its Statutes.

The objective of the law is to define the conditions and the rules for the practice of pharmacy.

This Act establishes the Pharmacy Council of Mauritius and provides for better regulation of the profession of pharmacists.

This decree creates the National Identification Card for Cape Verdean citizens and establishes the framework for its issue, replacement, use and cancellation.

This Act promotes and protects the health and safety of the general public through safeguarding, maintaining and enforcing the highest standards in the practice of pharmacy.

This Law determines the organization, functioning and competence of the Council of Pharmacists. The Council shall be responsible for ensuring that the rules, honour and dignity of the pharmacy profession are complied with and ensure the protection of public health. 

The Act mandates the establishment of a National Identity Register, the issuance of national identity cards to persons whose are included in the national identity register and for related matters.

This Law defines the legal provisions relating to medicines, medical devices, other health products and the practice of pharmacy in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. This Law is published in a collection of other legislative acts and can be found on page 3 of the file.

The Law determines the registration of the population and issuance of the national identity card to Rwandan citizens.