Section 2, The Pharmacy and Drugs Act, 2001

(1) There is hereby established a Board consisting of the [illegible]llowing:— (a) the Director of Drugs and Medical Supplies, who shall be the Chairman; (b) a legal practitioner appointed by the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice on the recommendation of the Sierra Leone Bar Association; (c) a pharmacist registered with the Pharmaceutical Society of Sierra Leone; appointed by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; (d) two members of the public appointed by the Minister on the recommendation of the Director of Drugs and Medical Supplies; (e) a pharmacist appointed by the Minister on the nomination of the Pharmaceutical Society of Sierra Leone; (f) the President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Sierra Leone; (g) the Secretary General of the Pharmaceutical Society of Sierra Leone; and (h) a pharmacy technician appointed by the Pharmacy Technicians Cadre: Provided that no pharmacist or pharmacy technician shall be appointed to be a member of the Board who has not attained ten years post-registration experience in Sierra Leone. (2) The term of office of appointed members of the Board shall be three years, and the powers of the Board may be exercised notwithstanding a vacancy in its membership. (3) Five members of the Board shall form a quorum, three of whom shall be pharmacists. (4) In the absence of the Chairman at any meeting of the Board, the members present at that meeting shall elect a chairman from among the pharmacists present. 6 No. 12 Pharmacy and Drugs Act 2001 [Margin: Disciplinary Committee.]