Chương 8 Nghị định 79/2006/NĐ-CP: Điều khoản thi hành

Chapter VIII

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 43.- Implementation effect

1. This Decree shall take effect 15 days after its publication in "CONG BAO" and replace the Regulation on Preventive and Curative Medicines, promulgated together with Decree No. 23-HDBT of January 24, 1991, of the Council of Ministers. The provisions on private practice of traditional pharmacy, private practice of pharmacy, private practice of vaccines, biologicals in the Government's Decree No. 103/2003/ND-CP of September 12, 2003, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Ordinance on Private Medical and Pharmaceutical Practice; the provisions of the Government's Decree No. 120/2004/ND-CP of May 12, 2004, on management of prices of preventive and curative medicines for human use and the previous regulations contrary to this Decree shall all be annulled.

2. Organizations and individuals that are granted pharmaceutical practice certificates or certificates of full satisfaction of conditions for pharmaceutical practice prior to October 1, 2005, shall be entitled to continue their professional practice until the end of the term defined in their pharmaceutical practice certificates or certificates of full satisfaction of conditions for pharmaceutical practice. Three months before the expiry thereof, if wishing to continue with their professional practice, such organizations and individuals shall have to carry out procedures for grant of pharmaceutical practice certificates or certificates of full satisfaction of drug business conditions according to the provisions of the Pharmacy Law and this Decree.

3. For state-run pharmaceutical enterprises, including equitized ones, where their pharmaceutically professional managers have not yet been granted a pharmaceutical practice certificate, or for enterprises which have not been granted a certificate of full satisfaction of drug business conditions, the professional managers of the enterprises shall compile dossiers of application for grant of a pharmaceutical practice certificate suitable to their type of business organization; enterprises shall have to compile dossiers of application for a certificate of full satisfaction of drug business conditions immediately after meeting the requirements on material and technical foundations and personnel conditions according to the schedule on application of good practice standards mentioned at Article 27 of this Decree.

Article 44.- Implementation responsibility

1. The Health Minister shall have the responsibility to guide and organize the implementation of this Decree.

2. Other ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, and presidents of provincial/municipal People's Committees shall have to implement this Decree.