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The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB or the Board in short) is the Drug Regulatory Authority established under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, Chapter 244 of the Laws of Kenya.
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The Board regulates the Practice of Pharmacy and the Manufacture and Trade in drugs and poisons.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Act, Cap 244 is an Act of Parliament to make better provision for the Control of the Profession of Pharmacy and trade in drugs and poisons.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board is established as a body corporate, under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, Cap 244 Laws of Kenya. The PPB is regulatory body within the Ministry of Medical Services. It is a body corporate under Section 3(6), and the de-linking process is on-going.
The board members consists of the following: (1) There is established a Board which shall consist of— (a) a chairperson who shall be appointed by the President and who shall— (i) be a registered pharmacist of good standing with a degree in pharmacy; and (ii) have at least ten years' experience in the pharmaceutical sector; (b) the Director of pharmaceutical services; (c) the Principal Secretary in the ministry for the time being responsible for matters relating to finance or his or her representative; (d) two persons representing the pharmacy training institutions, of which one shall be a pharmacist and one shall be a pharmaceutical technologist; (e) three other persons appointed by the Cabinet Secretary, of whom— (i) one person shall be a pharmacist representing institutions of higher learning; (ii) one person shall be a pharmaceutical technologist representing mid-level colleges; and (iii) one person shall be an enrolled pharmaceutical technologist with expertise in community Health Laws (Amendment) 2019
The Board offers the following services:
1. Product Evaluation and Registration. Certificates of Analysis are issued by three accredited laboratories namely the National Quality Control Laboratory, MEDS and the Drug Analysis and Research Unit,
2. Evaluation of Applications for Advertisements of Medicines and Medical Devices
3. Ensuring Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
4. Registration of Pharmacists
5. Enrolment of Pharmaceutical Technologists
6. Issuance of Annual Practice Licenses
7. Issuance of Annual Permits for Pharmaceutical Representatives
8. Approval of Institutions Offering Pharmacy Training Programmes
9. Approval of Pharmaceutical Imports and Exports
10. Registration of Pharmaceutical Premises/Outlets
11. Pharmacovigilance and Post-Market Surveillance
12. Documentation and Information Services on Medicines and Pharmacy Practice
13. Public relations services for the pharmaceutical sector
The functions of the Board as spelt out by law are as follows:
The process is done through administration of a professional examination to the persons with degree and diploma certificates from institutions recognised by Pharmacy and Poisons Board. There are two types of examinations for each group namely;
(i) Stage I and II for pharmacist (ii) Level I and II for Pharmaceutical Technologist
Stage I examinations – This is administered to persons with degree from universities outside Kenya. When one pass he/she proceeds for a one-year internship, supervised by Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
Stage II Examination- This is administered to persons from University of Nairobi after completing one-year internship supervised by PPB and Stage I group upon completion of one-year internship. The pharmacists that pass Stage II exams are entered into the pharmacists register.
Level I examination – This administered to persons with diploma obtained in colleges (i) outside Kenya and (ii) approved by Pharmacy and Poisons Board other than Kenya Medical Training College. Once one passes the exam, they proceed to a seven months practical attachment supervised by PPB.
Level II examination – This is administering to persons for KMTC and those that have finished the seven-month attachment. Upon passing this the name of pharmaceutical technologist is entered into the Roll of Pharmaceutical Technologist.
Registered pharmacists and enrolled pharmaceutical technologists are legally required to hold an annual practice licence when working. This is obtained from PPB an application using a prescribed form, and issued by Training and Assessment department.
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