Chương VIII Thông tư 07/2018/TT-BYT: Điều khoản thi hành

Chapter VIII

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 29. Entry into force and implementation.

1. This Circular comes into force from June 01, 2018

2. Circular No. 13/2009/TT-BYT dated September 01, 2009 of the Minister of Health shall be expired from the date on which this Circular comes into force.

Article 30. Terms of reference.

In cases where the legislative documents and regulations of this Circular are amended or replaced, the new legislative documents shall apply.

Article 31. Transition

1. From January 01, 2019, the pharmacy practitioners stipulated in Clause 1, Article 3 of this Circular who are already issued with pharmacy practice certificates before this Circular comes into force, while practicing, shall have interpreters or shall satisfy the pharmacy language requirements stipulated in this Circular.

2. Those who are issued with the sale representative cards according to the Circular No. 13/2009/TT-BYT dated September 01, 2009 of the Minister of Health shall be able to introduce drugs until the expiration date on the cards.

3. In cases where the practitioners who submit applications for the certificates of eligibility for pharmacy business, as stipulated in Article 28, Decree No. 89/2012/ND-CP dated October 24, 2012 of the Government, already submit the original of the pharmacy practice certificate of the head of the establishment, the agency that receives the applications shall return the original to the head of the establishment if:

a. The head of the pharmacy business establishment is changed.

b. The establishment is shut down.

c. The establishment submits application for the Certificate of eligibility for pharmacy business but receives the reply in writing not to issue from the issuing agency.

d. The individual who has his/her name written on the certificate requests the agency to return the certificate to him/her.

When return the original of the Certificate, the issuing agency shall save the certified true copies of the applications and shall write hand-over reports using form No. 11 in the Appendix I hereto. The issuing agency shall save 01 report, the receiver shall save 01 report.

Article 32. Implementation responsibilities:

The Drug Administration, Traditional Medicine Administration, Department of Science and Technology and Training, units under the Ministry of Health and Department of Health, related agencies, organizations and individuals shall implement this Circular.

The Department of Health shall check and keep track of the drug retailers within the areas that sell drugs included in the list of drugs restricted from retailing stipulated in this Circular.

During the implementation process, if there is any problem, the agencies, organizations and individuals shall notify the Ministry of Health (Drug Administration, Traditional Medicine Administration, Department of Science and Technology and Training) to solve them.