Discount offérs at Pharmacy or at Medical Store

POVs:

Is it  a studied resolution?

This is an issue to be debated, discussed  and deliberated in detail  before  taking a  decision?

Community Pharmacies are  managed by their owners or management's. 

When all pharmacies are not owned by Pharmacists, such resolutions   focusing  on registered Pharmacists are partisan in nature.

POVs:

Discount offér.

Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council should Please quote under which chapter, which section and Clause of the Pharmacy Act the council passed this resolution?

Council is established for Registration purpose only.

PPR2015 has no legal sanctity.

Drugs Inspector who also enforces DPCO cannot / doesnt take PPR2015  into cognisance. 

Drugs license is a trading license. Bargaining / offering discount is natural in trade 

Discount is a mutual understanding of the seller and buyer and it is their Right.

Section 45 in The Pharmacy Act, 1948

Section 45 in The Pharmacy Act, 1948

45. Appointment of Commission of Enquiry .-(1) Whenever it appears to the Central Government that the Central Council is not complying with any of the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may appoint a Commission of Enquiry consisting of three persons, two of whom shall be appointed by the Central Government, one being the Judge of a High Court, and one by the Council; and refer to it the matters on which the enquiry is to be made.

(2)

The Commission shall proceed to enquire in such manner as it may deem fit and report to the Central Government on the matters referred to it together with such remedies, if any, as the Commission may like to recommend.

(3)

The Central Government may accept the report or remit the same to the Commission for modification or reconsideration.

(4)

After the report is finally accepted, the Central Government may order the Central Council to adopt the remedies so recommended within such time as may be specified in the order and if the Council fails to comply within the time so specified, the Central Government may pass such order or take such action as may be necessary to give effect to the recommendations of the Commission.

(5)

Whenever it appears to the State Government that the State Council is not complying with any of the provisions of this Act, the State Government may likewise appoint a similar Commission of Enquiry and pass such order or take such action as specified in sub-sections (3) and (4).

Giving license to practice without enforcing rules and guidelines is criminal and contempt.

Giving license to practice without enforcing rules and guidelines is criminal and contempt.