83 OG No. 21, 2491 (May 25, 1987)
"SEC. 29. Responsibility for safety, efficacy, quality and purity of drugs. - In cases of drugs, pharmaceuticals, poisons or devices sold in their original packings, the seal of which has not been broken or tampered with, the liability that may arise because of their safety, efficacy, quality and purity, rests upon the manufacturer or in his absence, upon the importer, the distributor, representative, or dealer, who was responsive for their distribution or sale."SECTION 2. Section 40 of Republic Act No. 592 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 40. Penal provisions. - Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Sections twelve, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six and twenty-seven of this Act or any person who shall make false representation to procure a registration certificate as pharmacist for himself or for another; or any person who shall allow anyone in his employ who is not a registered pharmacist to engage in the practice of pharmacy; or any person who shall falsely display within the establishment the certificate of registration of a pharmacist who is not actually and regularly employed therein as such or to act as a dummy for any alien or an unqualified person for the purpose of opening and operating a retail drugstore; shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine of not less than one thousand pesos but not exceeding four thousand pesos or to an imprisonment of not less than six months and one day but not more than four years, in the discretion of the court."SECTION 3. Section 42(e) of Republic Act No. 5921 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(e) | 'Drugs' mean (1) articles recognized in the current official United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary (USP-NF), official Homeopathic Pharmacipeia of the United States, official National Drug Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; and (2) articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animals; and (3) articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or animals; and (4) articles intended for use as competent of any articles specified in clauses (1), (2), or (3) but do not include devices or their components, parts or accessories." |