Application

(1) This Act shall apply to, and have effect in Belize City, City of Belmopan, Corozal Town, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio, Benque Viejo del Carmen, Dangriga, Punta Gorda and Monkey River Village, and to and in any other place or area to which the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, direct that this Act or any part thereof shall apply and have (2) With respect to parts of Belize lying outside the aforesaid towns, places and areas, sections 25, 27 and 28 of this Act, only shall apply and have effect. 24 SCHEDULE 1 CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS ACT Poisons List and Exemptions (Sections 2, 23 (1), 25 (1) (b) and 34) Poisons List Exempted in (see also Note at end of the Seventh Schedule) Acetanilide; alkyl acetanilides Substances not being preparations for the treatment of human ailments. Alkali fluorides other than those specified in Part II of this List Alkaloids, the following; their salts, simple or complex:- Acetyldihydrocodeinone; its esters Aconite, alkaloids of Apomorphine Atropine Belladonna, alkaloids of Benzoylmorphine Benzylmorphine Brucine Calabar bean, alkaloids of Coca, alkaloids of Cocaine Codeine Colchicine Coniine Cotarnine Curarine Chemists and Druggists 25 Poisons List Exempted in (see also Note at end of the Seventh Schedule) Diacetylmorphine Dihydrocodeinone; its esters Dihydrohydroxycodeinone; its esters Dihydromorphine; its esters Dihydromorphinone; its esters Ecgonine; its esters Emetine Ipecacuanha; extracts and tinctures of ipecacuanha; substances containing less than 0.05 percent of emetine. Substances containing less than one percent of the alkaloids of ephedra. Ephedra, alkaloids of Ergot, alkaloids of Ethylmorphine Gelsemium, alkaloids of Homatropine Hyoscine Hyoscyamine Jaborandi, alkaloids of Substances containing less than 0.025 percent of the alkaloids of jaborandi. Lobelia , alkaloids of Preparations for the relief of asthma in the form of cigarettes, smoking mixtures or fumigants; substances containing less than 0.1 percent of the alkaloids of lobelia. 26 Chemists and Druggists Poisons List Exempted in (see also Note at end of the Seventh Schedule) Morphine Papaverine Pomegranate, alkaloids of Quebracho, alkaloids of, other than the alkaloids of red quebracho Sabadilla, alkaloids of Solanaceous alkaloids not otherwise included in this List Stavesacre, alkaloids of Pomegranate bark Stramonium contained in preparations for the relief of asthma in the form of cigarettes, smoking mixtures or fumigants, soaps; ointments; lotions for external use. Strychnine Thebaine Veratrum, alkaloids of Yohimba, alkaloids of Allylisopropylacetylurea Amidopyrine; its salts Amino-alcohols, esterified with benzoic acid, phenylacetic acid, phenylpropionic acid, cinnamic acid or the derivatives of these acids Amyl nitrite Antimony,chlorides of; oxides of antimony; sulphides of antimony; antimonates antimonites; organic compounds of antimony Arsenical substances, the following, except those specified in the Seventh Pyrites ores or sulphuric acid Chemists and Druggists 27 Poisons List Exempted in (see also Note at end of the Seventh Schedule) Schedule: arsenic, halides of; oxides of arsenic; arsenates; arsenites; organic compounds of arsenic Barbituric acid; its salts; derivatives of barbituric acid; their salts; compounds of barbituric acid, its salts, its derivatives; their salts, with any other substance Barium, salts of, other than barium sulphate and the salts of barium specified in the Seventh Schedule Butyl chloral hydrate Cannabis (the dried flowering or fruiting tops of Cannabis sativa Linn.); the resin of cannabis; extracts of cannabic; tinctures of cannabis; cannabin tannate Cantharidin; cantharidates Chloral formamide Chloral hydrate Chloroform containing arsenical poisons as natural impurities. Substances containing less than ten percent of chloroform. Substances containing less than fifty per cent creosote obtained from wood. Creosote obtained from wood Croton, oil of Digitalis, glycosides of; other active principles of digitalis Dinitrocresols; dinitronaphthols; dinitrophenols; dinitrothymols Dinitrophenols in substances not being preparations for the treatment of human ailment. Elaterin 28 Chemists and Druggists Poisons List Exempted in (see also Note at end of the Seventh Schedule) Egot (the sclerothia of any species of Claviceps); extracts of ergot; tinctures of ergot Erythrityl tetranitrate Glyceryl trinitrate Guanidines, the following:- polymethylene diguanidines, diparaanisylphenetyl guanidine Hydrocyanic acid; cyanides; double cyanides of mercury and zinc Insulin Lead acetates; compounds of lead with acids from mixed oils Substances containing less than four percent of lead acetate. Machine- spread plasters. Lye Mannityl hexanitrate Mercury, oxides of; nitrates of mercury; Mercury,oxides of; mercuric ammonium chlorides; potassiomercuric iodides; mercuric oxycyanides; mercuric thiocyanate Metanitrophenol; orthonitrophenol; paranitrophenol NuxVomica Opium Orthocaine; its salts Ouabain Oxalic acid; metallic oxalates other than potassium quadroxalate Oxycinchonimic acid, derivatives of; their salts; their esters Para-amino-benzoic acid; esters of; their salts Phenetidylphenacetin Ointments containing less than the equivalent of three percent, weight in weight, of mercury (Hg). Chemists and Druggists 29 Poisons List Exempted in (see also Note at end of the Seventh Schedule) Phenols any member of the series of phenols of which the first member is phenol and of which the molecular composition varies from member to member by one atom of carbon and two atoms of hydrogen) except substances containing less than sixty percent, of phenols, weight in weight, of phenols; compunds of phenol with a metal, except in substances containing less than the equivalent of sixty percent, weight in weight, of phenols Carvarol, coal tar, crude or refined, creosote obtained from coal tar; essential oils in which phenols occur naturally; medicines containing less than one per cent, of phenol; nasal spray, mouthwashes, pastilles, lozenges, capsules, pessaries, ointments, or suppositories containing less than 2.5 percent, of phenol; smelling bottles; soaps for washing solid substances containing less than sixty percent of phenol; tertiary butyl-cresol; thermal. Phenylcinchoninic acid; salicylcinchononinic acid; their salts; their esters Phenylethylhydantoin; its salts; its acyl derivatives; their salts Phosphorus, yellow Picric acid Substances containing less than five per cent of picric acid. Picrotoxin Pituitary gland, the active principles of Savin oil of 30 Chemists and Druggists Poisons List Exempted in (see also Note at end of the Seventh Schedule) Sulphanimide, Prontosil, Prontosil Alba Strophanthus; glycosides of strophanthus Sulphonal; alkyl sulphonals Sulphapyradine, M & B 693, Dagenan and its compound Suprarenal gland the active principles of, their salts Thallium, salts of Thyroid gland, the active principles of; their salts Tribromethyl alcohol Chemists and Druggists 31 SCHEDULE 2 CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS ACT Certificate of Qualification (Sections 4 and 11) BELIZE. The Board of Examiners of Chemists and Druggists in Belize hereby certifies that of is possessed of the qualification required by section 4 subsection (1) of Chemists and Druggist Act, Cap.311. (here fill in (a), (b) or (c) as the case may be) of the Chemists and Druggists Act, Cap. 311 and is duly qualified to be registered as a Chemist and Druggist under the said Act. GIVEN at Belize City this day of, 20 . Director of Health Services and Member of the Board of Examiners. Member of the Board of Examiners. Member of the Board of Examiners. 32 Chemists and Druggists SCHEDULE 3 CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS ACT Certificate of Registration (Sections 8 and 11) BELIZE. The Board of Examiners of Chemists and Druggists in Belize hereby certifies that of has been duly examined and is duly qualified to be registered as a Chemist and Druggist under the Chemists and Druggists Act, Cap. 311. GIVEN at Belize City this day of 20 . Director of Health Services and Member of the Board of Examiners. Member of the Board of Examiners. Member of the Board of Examiners. Chemists and Druggists 33 SCHEDULE 4 CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS ACT Register of Chemists and Druggists (Section 12 and 19 (1)) Name Residence Qualification Date of Registration Remarks 34 Chemists and Druggists SCHEDULE 5 CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS ACT Register of Sale of Restricted Poisons (Section 25(2)0 Date of Sale Name and address of Purchaser Name and quantity of article sold Purpose for which it is required Signature of Purchaser Signature of person introducing purchaser Signature of Seller If Purchaser cannot write, the seller to put here the words “cannot write.” If person introducing purchaser cannot write, seller to put here the words “cannot write.” Chemists and Druggists 35 SCHEDULE 6 CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS ACT Declaration of Poisons or Medical Substances in common use. (Section 34) Asafetida. Camphor. Castor Oil. Rhubarb. Quinine. Magnesium Carbonate. Tincture of Lavender. Bicarbonate of Soda. Sodium Carbonate. Potassium Tartras Acidus (Cream of Tartar). Epsom Salts. Glauber’s Salts. Sal Volatile (Spirits Ammonia Aromaticus). 36 Chemists and Druggists SCHEDULE 7 CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS ACT Sale of Sanitary etc., Poisons (Section 31 (2)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sale prohibited except when the poison specified is contained in the under mentioned substances -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arsenical substances, the following: Pyrites ores or sulphuric acid containing arsenical poisons as natural impurities. Arsenic sulphides ………... Sheep dips and sheep washes. Arsenious oxide ………….. Sheep dips and sheep washes. Calcium arsenates ……….. Agricultural and horticultural insecticides or fungicide. Calcium arsenites ………... Agricultural and horticultural insecticides or fungicide. Copper acetoarsenites …... Agricultural and horticultural insecticides or fungicide. Copper arsenates ……..….. Agricultural and horticultural insecticides or fungicide. Copper arsenites ……….…. Agricultural and horticultural insecticides or fungicide. Lead arsenates …………….. Agricultural and horticultural insecticides or fungicide. Potassium arsenites …….... Sheep deeps and sheep washes. Sodium arsenates ……….… Sheep dips and sheep washes. Sodium arsenites .…........ Sheep dips and sheep washes. Sodium thioarsenates …..... Sheep dips and sheep washes. Barium, salts of, the following: Barium carbonate ……….... Preparations for the destruction of rats and mice. Chemists and Druggists 37 Barium silicoflouride Hydrocyanic acid and its preparations including Cyanogas and Cymac used in Sanitary and Agricultural work Lye ……………………......... For industrial purposes only. mercuric chloride; ……...... Batteries; dressings on seeds or bulbs, insecticides, agricultural and horticultural fungicides. mercuric iodide; ………...... Batteries; dressings on seeds or bulbs, insecticides, organic compounds of Agricultural and horticultural fungicides. mercury.......................... Batteries, dressings on seeds or bulbs, insecticides, agricultural and horticultural fungicide. Nicotine; its salts ………........ Tobacco, insecticide Potassium quadroxalate Sodium hydroxide Substances containing less than twelve percent of sodium hydroxide. Ammonia …………………....... Substances not being solutions of ammonia or preparations containing solutions of ammonia; substances containing less than five per cent weight in weight, of ammonia (NH3); refrigerators; smelling bottles. “Household ammonia” for cleaning. Carbon bisulphide ……………… Substances containing less than five per cent weight in weight, of formaldehyde (H.CH.O); photographic glazing or hardening solutions. Formaldehyde …………..……… Substances containing less than nine per cent weight in weight, of hydrochloric acid (HC1). Hydrochloric acid Hydrofluoric acid; ……………… Substances containing less than three per cent of sodium. 38 Chemists and Druggists potassium fluoride; ..................... Fluoride as preservative sodium fluoride; sodium silicofluoride …………… Substance containing less than three per cent of sodium silcofluoride as a preservative. Nitric acid …………………….. Substances containing less than nine per cent weight in weight, of nitric(HNO3) Nitrobenzene …………………… Substances containing less than 0.1 per cent of nitrobenzene; soaps containing less than one per cent of nitrobenzene Paris Green – Plant dust ……… Agricultural and horticultural insecticides substances for treatment of bee diseases Phenols as defined in First Schedule in substances containing less than sixty percent weight in weight, of phenols; compounds of phenol with a metal in Substances containing less than the equivalent of sixty percent weight in weight, of phenols ……….… Carvarol; coal tar; crude or refine; creosole obtained from coal tar; essential oils in which phenols occur naturally; medicines containing less than one per cent of phenols; nasal sprays; mouthwashes; pastilled; lozenges capsules; passaries; ointments or suppositories containing less than 2.5 percent of phenols; smelling bottles; soaps for washing; solid substances containing less than sixty percent of phenols; tertiary butyl-cresol; thymol; “Carbolic” disinfectant; sanitary fluids; sheep. Tobacco, Insecticide. Phenylene diamines;……..……. toluene diamines; the dyeing of hair. Substances other than preparations for the dyeing of hair. their saltsulphuric acid…………. Substances containing less than nine per cent, weight in weight, of sulphuric acid (H2SO4); accumulators; batteries; fire extinguishers. Chemists and Druggists 39 Note.- In addition to the articles described in the second column, the following articles are exempted from the provisions of this Act. GENERAL EXEMPTIONS Adhesives; anti-fouling compositions; builders’ materials; ceramics; distempers; electrical valves; enamels; explosives; fillers; fireworks; glazes; glue; lacquer solvents; loading materials; marking inks; matches; motor fuels and lubricants; paints other than pharmaceutical paints; photographic paper; pigments; plastics; polishes; printers’ inks; propellants; rubber; varnishes.