Medicines (Sale by Automatic Machines) Regulations 2016

No. S 552

Medicines Act

(CHAPTER 176)

Medicines (Sale by Automatic Machines)
Regulations 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 74 of the Medicines Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations are the Medicines (Sale by Automatic Machines) Regulations 2016 and come into operation on 1 November 2016.

Definition

2.  In these Regulations, “automatic machine medicinal product” means a medicinal product in the automatic machine section of a general sale list and specified in the Schedule to the Medicines (General Sale List) Order 2016 (G.N. No. S 544/2016).

Conditions for sale of general sale list medicines by automatic machines

3.  For the purposes of section 26 of the Act, the conditions for a person to sell or offer for sale an automatic machine medicinal product by means of an automatic machine are —

(a) that the name and contact information of the person are prominently displayed on the automatic machine;

(b) that the automatic machine is sufficiently equipped and secure to ensure appropriate storage conditions for the medicinal product; and

(c) that the total amount of the medicinal product in each package of the product sold or offered for sale does not exceed a total dosage of 3 months per individual user based on the dosage recommendations, if applicable, on the product label.

Made on 31 October 2016.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[HSA/LPPD/711:12/77-000; AG/LEGIS/SL/176/2015/13 Vol. 1]