Health Legislation

This Act amends the Medical Practitioners and Dental Surgeons Act, 1994.

This decree regulates the operation of private pharmacies, namely the requirements to be met by the premises of pharmacies and medicine sales points and their minimum areas, the necessary equipment, as well as the rules governing their activity and organization and the respective technical staff.

This Act amends section 38 of the Pharmacy and Drugs Act of 2001.

This decree regulates the marketing authorization, registration, manufacture, import, export, marketing, donations and advertising of medicines for human use.

The decree establishes the principles and rules governing central hospitals.

This law sets out the foundations of the National Health Service, including the definition of health actions and services, on a permanent or occasional basis, by natural or legal persons governed by public or private law, with a view to promoting and protecting health, preventing, treating and rehabilitating illness.

This Act regulates the profession of pharmacy; controls the supply, manufacture, storage and transportation of drugs, including nutritional agents and cosmetics; and provides for other matters related thereto.

This Decree establishes the Medical and Dental Council, provides for the registration of medical practitioners and dental surgeons and for other related matters.

The Constitution was promulgated by the Lei constitucional No 1/IV/92, de 25 de setembro. It includes 293 articles addressing a wide array of issues including among other things fundamental rights and duties, the fundamental principles of the Republic and institutional arrangements.

The Constitution of Sierra Leone was promulgated in 1991 and was amended in 2008 and 2013. The Constitution of Sierra Leone is the supreme law of the state that regulates the division of powers within the country, sets out the key values and principles, defines the rights, freedoms and obligations of the people, etc. The Constitution of Sierra Leone consists of 192 articles that are grouped into 14 chapters which are supplemented by four schedules.

This Ordinance provides for the registration of medical practitioners and dentists and for the registration and licensing of druggists.