PHARMACY AND DRUGS ACT.

(3) An appointed member may resign his or her office by writing under his or her hand addressed to the Minister or may be removed from office by the Minister for inability to perform the functions of his or her office.

2. Meetings of the board.

(1) The board shall meet at such times and places as it deems necessary or expedient for the transaction of its business.

(2) The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the board and, in his or her absence, such member of the board as the members present shall appoint, shall preside.

(3) The quorum of the board shall be four, of whom two shall be pharmacists.

(4) The chairperson at any meeting of the board shall, in addition to his or her deliberative vote as a member of the board, have a casting vote.

(5) The registrar shall cause details of all business transacted at meetings of the board to be entered regularly in a minute book kept for the purpose; and the minutes of the proceedings of each meeting shall be submitted for confirmation at a subsequent meeting of the board and, if passed as correct, shall be confirmed by the signature of the chairperson and, when so confirmed, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts as an accurate record of the proceedings so recorded.

3. The registrar.

The chief pharmacist shall be the registrar, and shall act as secretary to the board and perform such other duties as may be required of him or her by law or by order of the board.

4. Inquiries.

(1) The chairperson of the board may, by summons under his or her hand, require any person to appear before the board or the disciplinary committee at an inquiry held in connection with any of the functions of the board or the disciplinary committee.

(2) A summons under this section may require the person to whom the summons is directed to produce to the board or the disciplinary committee any documents or other articles under his or her control which relate to a matter in question at the inquiry.

(3) A person appearing in answer to a summons under this section—

(a) may be examined as a witness on oath or otherwise;

(b) may examine witnesses and address the board or the disciplinary committee, as the case may be, either himself or herself or by an advocate representing him or her.

(4) Nothing in this section shall require a person, other than the person whose conduct is being inquired into, to give any evidence or produce any article which would tend to incriminate him or her.

PART II
REGULATION OF THE PHARMACY PROFESSION.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF UGANDA.

5. Establishment of the society.

There shall be established a society to be known as the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda.

6. Incorporation of the society.

(1) The society shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

(2) The society may hold, acquire and dispose of any property, movable or immovable.

(3) The common seal of the society shall be kept in such custody as the council may determine, and shall not be affixed to any document or instrument except by order of the council, and in the presence of two members of the council who shall sign any such document or instrument independently of the signature of any person who may have signed the document or instrument as a witness.

7. Membership of the society.

(1) Subject to this section and section 8, a person who—

(a) passes the qualifying examinations for membership of the society approved by the council, and completes practical training of such description and for such period as may be prescribed by byelaws made by the council;

(b) holds a degree, diploma or other qualification awarded by a university or institution, approved by byelaws made by the council, denoting a standard which, in the opinion of the board, is not lower than that required under paragraph (a) of this subsection and completes practical training of such description and for such period as may be prescribed by byelaws made by the council; or

(c) is a member of any society or institute of pharmacists by whatever name called and approved by byelaws made by the council as being, in the opinion of the council, an association of equivalent status to the society,

shall be eligible for membership of the society.

(2) Notwithstanding the approval of any society or institute mentioned in subsection (1) (c), the council may declare that any specified class or description of members of any such society or institute shall not be eligible for membership of the society.

(3) Byelaws made by the council prescribing practical training for the purposes of this section may contain such special provision as the council may deem expedient declaring that a person—

(a) who had commenced, prior to the commencement of this Act, and completed or completes, whether prior to or after that date, training of such description and duration as may be specified in the byelaws; or

(b) who has served in a post and who completes training of such description and duration as may be specified in the byelaws, shall be deemed to have completed the training prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) (a).

(4) Byelaws made by the council by which any society or institute is approved for the purposes of subsection (1) (c) may provide, as a condition of that approval, that a member of any such society or institute shall not be eligible for membership of the society unless he or she has undergone such practical training or has acquired such practical experience in the subject of pharmacy, as may be described in the byelaws.

8. General disqualifications.

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