(1) These Rules may be called as the â€œDrugs Advisory Council and Drugs Advisory Committee Formation Rules,
2037(1970).”
(2) These Rules shall come into force immediately.

Unless the subject or the context otherwise requires, in this  Regulation:
(a) “Act” means the Drugs Act, 2035(1978).
(b) “Council” means the Drugs Advisory Council formed pursuant to  Rule 3.
(c) “Committee” means the Drugs Advisory Committee formed pursuant
to Rule 5.

(1) For the purposes of Section 3 of  the Act, there shall be formed a Drugs Advisory Council consisting of the
following members:
(a) Honorable Minister for Forests or Minister of State for Forests Chairperson
(b) Member, National Planning Commission Member
(c) Secretary, Ministry of Forests Member
(d) Secretary, Ministry of Finance Member
(e) Secretary, Ministry of Health Member
(f) Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce  Member
(g) Chief, Drugs Research Laboratory Member
(h) Three persons nominated by Government of Nepal from  amongst the persons having knowledge on drugs
Member
(i) Administrator, Department of Drugs Administration  Member  Secretary
(2) The term of office of the members nominated pursuant to Clause
(h) shall be Three years; and Government of Nepal may, if it so wishes, re- nominate them or remove them from office even prior to expiration of their term of office.
(3) The Council may, if it considers necessary, invite any native or foreign expert or any officer to attend as an observer the meeting of the Council.
(4) Government of Nepal may, if it considers necessary, make alteration or changes in the number of members, by a Notification publishes in the Nepal Gazette.

(1) It shall be the duty of the Council to provide advice to the Government of Nepal on theoretical and administrative matters relating to drugs, taking into account of the main object to protect the national interest and make the country self-reliant by checking the import based production process and being more dependent on  indigenous herbs etc.
(2) In addition to providing advice pursuant to Clause (1), the Council may also provide advice to the Government of Nepal on the following matters:
(a) To formulate required policies on, inter alia, the development, research, production, sale, distribution,
consumption, export and import of the drugs,
(b) To formulate programme corresponding to the determined policies,
(c) To make provision of administrative and technical matters for the implementation of the formulated
programme,
(d) To make coordination and harmonization amongst various offices of the Government of Nepal,
(e) To fix price of drugs,
(f) To fix basic matters on patents of drugs,
(g) To prohibit the production, sale, distribution, storage and transportation of any drugs,
(h) To give recognition to any native or foreign research laboratory or laboratory, if so required, for purposes of
test or analysis of drugs and similar other activities,
(i) To take necessary action on complaints filed with the Government of Nepal on drug related matters,
(j) To implement the Act or the rules framed under the Act or to resolve problems that come across in the course of
implementation.

5. Formation of Drugs Advisory Committee:

(1) For the purposes of Section 4  of the Act, there shall be formed a Drugs Advisory Committee consisting of
the following members:
(a) Secretary at the Ministry for Forests Chairperson
(b) Administrator, Department of Drug Administrator Member
(c) Director General, Department of Health  Services Member
(d) Director, Nepal Standards Fixation Committee Member
(e) Chief, Drugs Research Laboratory Member
(f) Representative, Ministry of Law and Justice Member
(g) Representative, Nepal Medical Association Member
(h) Representative, Nepal Pharmaceutical Association Member
(i) Representative, Chemists and Druggists Association Member
(j) Three persons nominated by Government of Nepal from amongst the persons having  gained knowledge on drugs Member
(k) One senior officer designated by the Department of Drug Administration Member
Secretary
(2) The term of office of the members nominated pursuant to in Clause
(j) of sub-rule (1) shall be Three years; and Government of Nepal may, if it so wishes, re-nominate them or remove them from office even prior to expiration of their term of office.
(3) The Committee may, if it considers necessary, invite any native or foreign expert or any officer to attend as an observer the meeting of the Committee.

4)  Government of Nepal may, if it considers necessary, make alteration changes (modification) in the number of members, by a notification publishes in the Nepal Gazette.

(1) It shall be the duty of the Committee to give advice to the Department of Drugs Administration on technical matters as to the research, development and control of drugs.
(2) In addition to giving advice pursuant to sub-rule (1), the Committee may also give advice on the following matters:
(a) To formulate the standards of drugs, fix other scientific and technical methods for the related test or analysis,
(b) To prepare Nepal pharmacopeias and other related literatures,
(c) To give recognize to pharmacopeias or literatures of other countries for purposes of work until the  pharmacopeias or literatures as referred to in Clause (b) are approved and enforced by the Government of Nepal,
(d) To formulate codes for purposes of doing, or causing to be done, the following acts:
(1) To produce, dispense, sell, distribute, export,  import, transport, storage and consume any drugs
or ingredients thereof so that such drugs or  ingredients are publicly safe, efficacious and  qualitative,
(2) To prevent the improper use or misuse of drugs or  ingredients thereof,
(3) To prevent false or misleading publicity or advertisement on the use and utility of drugs or
ingredients thereof,
(4) To return the drugs which are not publicly safe, effective and qualitative proposed to be or already sold and distributed to the manufacturer of such drugs,
(5) To issue by the manufacturer of a drug a guarantee letter that the drug is publicly safe, effective and qualitative, prior to the sale and distribution of the drug,
(6) To safely retain narcotic and poisonous drugs, sell and distribute such drugs and maintain records of the drugs so sold and distributed and prescribe format thereof,
(e) To prepare basic matters on classification of systems and groups or sub-groups of drugs, and prescribe necessary
terms on the production, sale, distribution, export, import, use, storage and consumption of the drugs as per
such classification,
(f) To give recognition to pharmacists or persons having experiences on drugs,
(g) To prescribe qualifications of and give recognition to professionals,
(h) To form sub-committees of any member or member secretary or members of the Committee for the performance of the functions prescribed by the Committee.

7. Meeting, decision and procedures of Council or Committee :

(1) The  Council or Committee shall meet as required in such place and time as specified by the chairperson.
(2) The presence of more than half the members of the total number of members of the Council or Committee shall be deemed to constitute a quorum.

(3) The meeting of the Council or Committee shall be presided over by the chairperson and by the vice-chairperson in the absence of the chairperson, and by the person selected by the members present at the   meeting from amongst themselves, in the absence of both the chairperson and  the vice-chairperson.
(4) A majority opinion shall prevail at the meeting of the Council or Committee. In the event of a tie, the person presiding over the meeting may exercise the casting vote.
(5) The decisions of the Council or Committees shall have to be recorded by the member secretary in the minute’s book.
(6) The decisions of the Council or Committees shall be authenticated by the member secretary.
(7) Other procedures relating to the meeting of the Council or Committee shall be as determined by the Council or Committee itself.

The Government of Nepal shall give the meeting allowances, as prescribed, to the non-governmental members who attend the meeting of the Council or Committee.

In making contact with the  Government of Nepal, the Council do so through the Ministry of Forest.

The Department of Drugs Administration shall make arrangements for the operation of the Council and the Committee.

(Source: Nepal Law Commission)

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