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Offence of holding oneself out as registered pharmacist or registered druggist.
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32.— (1) A person other than a registered pharmacist who holds himself or herself out as a registered pharmacist shall be guilty of an offence.
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(2) A person other than a registered druggist who holds himself or herself out as a registered druggist shall be guilty of an offence.
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(3) A person other than a registered retail pharmacy business who holds himself, herself or itself out as a registered retail pharmacy business shall be guilty of an offence.
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(4) A person, other than a registered pharmacist, who—
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(a) publicly describes himself or herself as a “pharmacist”, a “dispensing chemist”, a “pharmaceutical chemist” (whether or not with the addition of the word “registered”) or a “Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland” or “MPSI” or, in any public description of himself or herself, uses an expression mentioned in subsection (6),
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(b) uses any emblem or device from which the public might reasonably infer that he or she is a registered pharmacist, or
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(c) causes or permits such a public description or use to occur,
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is, without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), to be regarded as holding himself or herself out as a registered pharmacist.
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(5) A person, other than a registered druggist or registered pharmacist, who—
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(a) publicly describes himself or herself as a “druggist”, a “chemist and druggist” (whether or not with the addition of the word “registered”) or, in any public description of himself or herself uses an expression mentioned in subsection (6),
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(b) uses any emblem or device from which the public might reasonably infer that he or she is a registered druggist, or
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(c) causes or permits such a public description or use to occur,
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is, without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) to be regarded as holding himself or herself out to be a registered druggist.
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(6) The expressions referred to in subsections (4) and (5) are—
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(a) pharmacy,
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(b) medical stores,
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(c) drug stores,
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(d) drug hall,
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(e) medical supply stores,
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(f) medical hall,
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(g) chemist.
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(7) A person does not commit an offence under this section by using, in a public description of a registered retail pharmacy business, an expression mentioned in subsection (6).
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