A draft law amending some provisions of Law No. 127 of 1955 regarding the practice of the profession of pharmacy, submitted by the government to the House of Representatives, establishes a penalty of imprisonment and a fine against anyone who commits a violation of practicing the profession of pharmacy without a license or obtains a license to open a pharmacy establishment by fraud or borrowing the name of a pharmacist. The penalty includes every pharmacist who lent his name.
In this regard, the draft law stipulates that a penalty of imprisonment for a period of no less than one year and a fine of no less than two hundred thousand pounds, and not more than one million pounds, or one of these two penalties, shall be imposed on anyone who practices the profession of pharmacy without a license, or obtains a license to open a pharmacy institution By fraud, or by borrowing the name of a pharmacist, and every pharmacist lent his name, in order to achieve one of the foregoing purposes.
It is worth noting that the draft law on the practice of the profession of pharmacy submitted by the government to the House of Representatives provides for granting the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Medicines Authority – by a reasoned decision from him – the power to close the pharmaceutical institution, in several specific cases, and the closure continues until a decision to open is issued after correcting the violation or Fulfilling the prescribed requirements, provided that the period of closure shall not be less than a week. It also stipulated the punishment of anyone who announced in one of the media outlets any medicines, medical or biological preparations, medical supplies, or cosmetics, that are not licensed by the Egyptian Medicines Authority.