Pharmaceutical Ethics and Legislations (0530442)

Course Description

This course This course is designed to provide the students with the general Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence and legislations applied at the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Course Objectives

The student will:

1. Understand most of the pharmaceutical administrational operations in Jordan referring different pharmaceutical legislational issues and practice.

Required Text

قانون مؤقت رقم 80 لسنة 2001 م ، قانون الدواء و الصيدلة.

Assignments

Homework assignments may be given on a periodic basis. Announced or unannounced quizzes may also be given at the discretion of the instructors.

Examinations and Evaluation

First Exam (25 points)
Second Exam (25 points)
Final exam (50 points)

Quizzes and assignments may be given for bonus points
Make-up exams will be offered for valid reasons only with consent of instructor prior to scheduled exam date. Make-up exams may be different from regular exams in content and format.

Course outline

• Introduction.

        - Pharmacies

        - Prescriptions

        - Pharmaceutical preparations.

        - Parapharmaceutical preparations.

• Careers in Pharmacy.
• General duties of Pharmacy Practice.

        - General concepts and ethics.

• Pharmacist-community relationship.
• Jurisprudence and legislations.
• Drug control.
• Pharmacy Association Law.

        - Association establishment and its aims.

• Pharmacy Association and internal regulations.
• Social security and retirement.
• Pharmacy practice law.
• Practice regulations.
• Pharmacist right duties and general regulations.
• Penalties and fines.
• The system of the Technical Committee of drug control.