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The Government of India brought out various regulatory provisions to control the import, manufacturing, trading and distribution of drugs on the one hand and to regulate the profession of dealing with the drugs and cosmetics, the prescription drugs in particular on the other.
The issue of import, manufacturing, trading and distribution of drugs has been well addressed by the Drugs & Cosmetics Act 1940 and the Rules (D&C Act and Rules) made thereunder.
To support and supplement the objectives of the D&C Act and Rules a separate Act was passed by the Government of India in 1948 with a title ‘Pharmacy Act 1948’. The Pharmacy Act restricts the pharmacy practice to the persons possessing minimum educational qualification in pharmacy.
The Pharmacy Act addresses two issues:
- Prescribing minimum standards to impart pharmacy education and to conduct examination, which is the responsibility of the Pharmacy Council of India.
- Registration and issue of Registration certificate to the persons possessing requisite prescribed qualification is the responsibility of the State Pharmacy Councils.
The Act desires the state governments to constitute a ‘Registration Tribunal’ to ‘Grant registration to the eligible pharmacists possessing requisite qualification as enunciated in Section 32 of the Act and to enforce the provisions of the Pharmacy Act, 1948’ pertaining to the practice of pharmacy.
The “Mysore State Pharmacy Registration Tribunal” was formed by the Government of Mysore in 1967 under the Chairmanship of Dr. Shama Shastri the then Director of Medical services with Sri. K. N. Shanbhogue the then Drugs Controller for the State of Mysore as Member and Sri S. S. Kattishettar the then Assistant Drugs Controller as Member-Secretary.
The Council was first housed in the Drugs Control Department under the Presidentship of late K. N. Shanbhogue the then Drugs Controller for the State of Mysore.
With the change in the name of the State from ‘Mysore’ to ‘Karnataka’ the name of the council was also changed as ‘Karnataka State Pharmacy Council’ in the year 1973.
The current building in which the council is housed was built in the year 1997. It has been a monumental structure. Its interiors, though structured a decade ago is comparable in ‘Look and working comfort’ to any of the modern corporate offices. It has a small compact office, chambers for the Registrar and President, a board room for council meetings and a well equipped seminar hall and a pantry that can accommodate about 40 people. Thanks to the good dream and dedicated efforts of all the past presidents, members, registrars and well wishers and to the good support of the Government of Karnataka.
Uniqueness of this Council is that it has many ‘FIRST’ to its credit:
- The first council in India to computerize all activity including the generation of Registered Pharmacist certificate.
- The first council in India to issue Identity Cards to all registered Pharmacists.
- The KSPC is the first council in India to provide financial assistance to the registered pharmacists intending to present research papers in International forums. Till now 58 Registered Pharmacists have availed this benefit.
- The Karnataka State Pharmacy Council to appoint Pharmacy Inspectors under section 26(A) of the Pharmacy Act, 1948.
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