Section 22, The Pharmacy and Drugs Act, 2001

(1) If, on an application made in the prescribed form for a certificate under this section in relation to any premises, the Board is satisfied that the accommodation, fixtures, equipment and other physical attributes of those premises are such as to render those premises suitable either for the supply of any Class A Part 1 or Class B only or for the supply Class A Part I and Classes B and C drugs, the Board shall direct the Registrar to issue in respect of those premises, either a general certificate or a limited certificate, as the case may be; and the Registrar shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue the certificate accordingly. (2) Every person carrying a business of supplying Class A Part 1 and Class B drugs from premises in respect of which a certificate issued under this section is in force shall forthwith notify the Board of any material alteration in the physical attributes of the premises or, if no such alteration occurs in any calendar year, shall notify the Board of that fact before the end of January in the following year. (3) A certificate issued under this section shall remain in force until such date as is specified by direction of the Board in the certificate, but the Board may revoke the certificate, at any time it is satisfied that owing to an alteration or deterioration in the physical attributes of the premises, it has ceased to be suitable for the supply of all or any of the drugs referred to in subsection (1). 16 No. 12 Pharmacy and Drugs Act 2001 (4) The Registrar shall keep a register of all premises to which certificates have been issued under this section. (5) The Registrar shall publish annually in the Gazette, a list of all pharmacies and drug stores. [Margin: Need for prescription.]