The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: pharmaceutical law, chapter I. General provisions article 1. The law is applied in the following terms: 1) — active substance of the medicinal ingredients that provide a healing effect of the medicinal product;
2) blood products derived from blood products (blood components are preserved);
3) medicinal products — all medicinal products, tools, and objects that are used in human and animal disease prevention and diagnosis, treatment, and their diseased State of relaxation, as well as used to act on the body's anatomical or physiological processes. Medicinal products within the meaning of this law are not foods, tobacco products, cosmetics and body care products containing active substances it is not therapeutic concentrations;
4) pharmaceutical drug research, the development, the production, standardization, quality control and dissemination;
5) pharmaceutical products, medical equipment, medicinal mineral waters, medicated toothpaste, mechanical contraceptives, healing cosmetics, food additives and other products that are subject to state registration of medicines agency;
6) veterinary product, therapeutic AIDS, animal feed and feed additives; medicated feedingstuffs and feed additives, curative animal care products and other products subject to State Veterinary Department for registration;
7) activities: pharmaceutical business in the field of pharmacy, related to drug production, standardization, quality control and dissemination, and which requires a special permit (license);
8) action — pharmaceutical pharmacists educated professional activity in the field of Pharmacy;
9) finished product (finished pharmaceutical form) — specific medicinal form (a specific type of Administration prepare medicinal or mixtures thereof) that are produced and distributed in a specific package.
10) homeopathic medicinal product: a medicinal product prepared according to the requirements of Pharmacopoeia and homeopathic homeopathy;
11) distribution, treatment and storage of pharmaceutical products in stock in order to sell, sale or transfer for use in return for payment or free of charge;
12) quality: the efficacy of medicinal products which is dependent on raw materials and production methods and the assessment of drug safety, effectiveness, compliance with the technical standards documentation, cleanliness, the quantitative and qualitative composition, physical, chemical, biological and therapeutic properties;
13) narcotic drugs — drugs that are classified as such according to the law "on the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances to legitimate movement order";
14) precursor — substances of plant and animal products, which are classified as such according to the law "on precursors";
15) psychotropic drugs — drugs that are classified as such according to the law "on the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances to legitimate movement order";
16) production-medicine (medicinal or finished product) or the registration of the pharmaceutical products manufacturing, processing, recycling, packaging, packaging, and labelling;
17) professionals — the meaning of this law: a person who, in the performance of their duties, working in the field of Pharmacy;
18) veterinary medicinal products — medicinal products intended only for animal disease prevention, diagnosis or treatment;
19) grass-finished medicinal products and medicinal products;
20) medicinal, substances, plant and animal products are processed or raw, micro-organisms (including viruses) or products derived therefrom, used for human and animal disease prevention and diagnosis, treatment, and their diseased State of relaxation, as well as used to act on the body's anatomical or physiological processes;
21) medicine and pharmaceutical product clinical trials — and the use of pharmaceutical products, the purpose of which is to get the documented data on medicinal and pharmaceutical products, therapeutic, diagnostic or preventive effects;
22 medicinal and pharmaceutical products) use observations: Latvia register of medicinal products and medicinal products included exposure to pharmaceutical products documentation of observations that do not affect the planning and progress.
2. article. The purpose of this law is to regulate physical and legal persons in the field of pharmacy, as well as providing a high quality, medically fit and appropriate preventive, curative and diagnostic level of medicinal and pharmaceutical products and distribution.
Chapter II. National Authority, competence of Pharmacy under the supervision and control of the article 3. Concerning the supervision and control of the Republic of Latvia Ministry of welfare has responsibility.
4. article. Direct pharmaceutical supervision and control of the national pharmaceutical inspection. The assessment of the veterinary medicinal product, logging, production, distribution and use of monitoring and control in accordance with this law and the law on veterinary medicine "by the State Health Department and State health inspectors.
5. article. The Cabinet determines: 1) procedures to be issued special permits (licences) and pharmaceutical pharmacist professional qualification certificates, as well as the order in which you want to open, and being able to operate a pharmacy, medicine and lieltirgotav pharmaceutical company (the company), 2) and after the recommendation of the Ministry of welfare of the laboratory, the Institute and other institutions, the list of which shall be entitled to give a formal opinion on the medicinal, pharmaceutical products, blood products, and immunological tests of preparations and the evaluation results;
3), control of manufacturing, distribution, import and export procedures;
4) medicinal pharmaceutical products and pricing principles;
5) medicine advertising;
6) medicine and pharmaceutical clinical trials and observational procedure of use;
7) procedures for treatment services purchased, stored and used;
8) the minimum range of medicinal products to the General procedure for the determination of (open) type of pharmacies;
9) pharmacy logo procedures General (open) type of pharmacies and pharmacy affiliates.
6. article. Welfare Minister within their competence: 1) distributes the State policy in the field of pharmacy, organized for the regulation of Pharmacy required legislative projects and existing law enforcement controls;
2) determines the order in which measurable and register medicines and pharmaceutical products subject to registration, and the order in which to create a Republic of Latvia registered medicines and pharmaceutical products (hereinafter referred to as the Latvian register of medicinal products), as well as a certified pharmacist, pharmacy, medicine and pharmaceutical lieltirgotav business register;
3) organised by the national pharmaceutical inspection inspectors verifying and coordinates the preparation of Pharmacy;
4) is governed by a separate group of medicinal products or medicinal products storing, control and distribution conditions;
5), to be issued by the Cabinet of Ministers rules provide special permissions (licenses), as well as certificates for pharmacy, medicine and lieltirgotav pharmaceutical company (the company) in compliance with the nature of the work to be carried out and the quantity;
6) licensed authorized companies (companies) registered and used abroad, but not registered in Latvia and the distribution of pharmaceutical products, if they are essential to the healing process, designed for the treatment of a rare disease and distributed in limited quantities or to disaster or natural disasters;
7) for medicinal and pharmaceutical product clinical research Ethics Committee and the personnel rules.
7. article. Minister of agriculture within their competence: 1) determines the order in which measurable and veterinary medicinal products to be registered, and the veterinary product subject to registration, and the order in which to create a Republic of Latvia registered veterinary medicinal products used in the pharmaceutical and veterinary products (hereinafter register of veterinary medicinal products), as well as a veterinary pharmacy, veterinary medicine and veterinary medicine lieltirgotav production company register;
2) permits licensed undertakings (companies) registered and used abroad, but not registered in Latvia and veterinārfarmaceitisk of veterinary medicinal products, if they are essential to the healing process, designed for the treatment of a rare disease and distributed in limited quantities or to disaster or natural disasters.
8. article. (1) National Medicines Agency (hereinafter Agency) is a non-profit organisation, a public limited company that operates in accordance with this law, the law on nonprofit organizations ", the law" On joint stock companies ", other regulatory acts and its Statute. The Agency established in accordance with this law and its statutes approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(2) the Agency is a legal person, has its own settlement accounts in banks and stamp.

9. article. (1) the Agency is controlled by the Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the Council, which will be up and running in accordance with the law "On State and local capital management companies" and the law "On joint stock companies". Its membership includes representatives of Welfare Minister suggested.
(2) the President of the Council of the Agency's Health Minister, who is the Governor of State Agency.
(3) the Director General of the Agency after the Health Minister shall be appointed on the proposal of the Cabinet of Ministers.
(4) decisions of the Agency of any Pretlikumīgo person can appeal to the Court.
10. article. The Agency carries out the following functions: 1) organizes the collection of information on the latest developments in medicine and pharmaceutical product quality control, compilation and dissemination of that information;
2), certified pharmacy medicinal products, medicinal products and certified lieltirgotav certified pharmaceutical company (the company);
3) evaluates and registers for the registration of medicines and pharmaceutical products subject, the expert consultants provided paid services;
4) controlled drugs and pharmaceutical products;
5) organizes cooperation with other national drug quality control institutions and pharmaceutical products quality control;
6) form a cooperation with doctors and pharmacists in the public organizations;
7) the cabinet shall be issued in accordance with the procedure laid down for the registration of medicines and pharmaceutical products are subject to authorisation, informing about it in Latvia accredited drug company representative;
8) draw up and submit proposals to the Ministry of Welfare of the laboratory, the Institute and other institutions into the list of bodies entitled to give an official opinion of the medicinal and pharmaceutical product quality issues.
11. article. Features for creating a capital of the Agency and to obtain start-up Cabinet.
12. article. The State Health Department will take the following steps veterinārfarmaceitisk monitoring and control functions: 1) organized veterinārfarmaceitisk activities the development of normative documents, publishing, and advocacy, as well as cooperate with the Ministry of welfare Pharmacy Department of pharmaceutical regulatory documents governing the design and control their implementation;
2) organise the evaluation of veterinary medicinal products and registration;
3) organized veterinārfarmaceitisk activities licensing;
4) carried out under the supervision and control of veterinary pharmacies, veterinary medicine and veterinary medicine lieltirgotav production companies, as well as other natural or legal persons that manufacture and distribute veterinary medicines and veterinārfarmaceitisko products, regardless of that person's authority, type and nature of business;
5) organized veterinary medicine quality control.
13. article. National pharmaceutical inspection is under the supervision of the Ministry of welfare State is an civiliestād, which works in accordance with this Act and the by-laws approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
14. article. National pharmaceutical inspection officials and national veterinary inspectors of its competence has the right to: 1) for the purposes of supervision of Pharmacy visit all legal persons carrying out pharmaceutical activities, and persons working in the pharmaceutical field, regardless of the subordination, types of business and the nature and the extent of their competence give orders pharmaceutical issues;
2) doubt or suspicion that the case be removed from the pharmaceutical operations companies (companies) of the medicines and pharmaceutical product samples and send them to the quality control of Cabinet approved medicinal quality control institutions; medicine sample quality control pharmaceutical expenses operating company (the company), if the product does not comply with the law or pharmacy, normative documents, but, if the product meets these requirements, expenses are covered from the national pharmaceutical inspection or state veterinary service;
3) in accordance with the laws and regulations to stop the legal or natural persons or to suspend the operation of the pharmaceutical product distribution to final clarification of circumstances;
4) prohibit any herbal or pharmaceutical product distribution, where it is established that they are of poor quality, but in case of doubt about the drug or pharmaceutical product quality — to stop their distribution to final quality. The decision in this case accepted not later than 60 days from the date of the finding of the infringement;
5) prohibit the production or distribution of medicinal products and to remove and confiscate the medication if their production or distribution is made in violation of the laws and requirements in the field of Pharmacy;
6) to punish the perpetrators of violations of the laws.
15. article. National pharmaceutical inspection is financed from the State budget.
16. article. 80 percent of the funds collected in the form of fines for administrative offences, which takes place on the national pharmaceutical inspection or veterinary inspectors, as well as 80 percent of the revenue generated by realizing possessions seized goods or other objects that are prescribed in the law removed the national pharmaceutical or veterinary inspector of the inspection, the country consumed pharmaceutical inspection or state veterinary service development. Part — 25 percent — from the funds obtained be used national pharmaceutical inspection or state veterinary service personnel the stimulus material.
Chapter III. Medicines and pharmaceutical products article 17. The territory of the Republic of Latvia authorized to distribute only the Latvian register of medicinal products or of the veterinary medicinal product on the register of medicinal products and pharmaceutical products, with the exception of this law article 6, paragraph 6, article 7, paragraph 2, or article 20 cases referred to.
18. article. The illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs and precursors for the production, storage, distribution, use, import and export rules governed by this law, the law on the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances to legitimate movement order "and" law on precursors ".
19. article. Medicines and pharmaceutical products quality control procedures are governed by the Cabinet of Ministers regulations. Control expenses shall be borne by the person whose activity is controlled, if the Cabinet rules provide otherwise.
20. article. Drugs and medicines registration is not required if: 1) are made from the Agency verified the pharmacy medicinal by the doctor, feldšer and licensed veterinarian or medical institutions of the recipes and the veterinary authorities, the written request;
2) medicine for research or clinical tests, agreed with the agency or, in the case of veterinary medicinal products: the national Veterinary Department;
3) for other medicinal drug production;
4) medicinal products intended for use in disaster or natural disasters;
5) medicinal product is intended for distribution in limited quantities of rare diseases with special welfare or the Minister of agriculture.
21. article. Distribute and use the restricted medicines and pharmaceutical products, if the quality does not correspond to the approved technical standards documentation (technical rules, Pharmacopoeia, medication and pharmaceutical products approved in the course of the registration dossiers, etc.) or the end of their period of validity.
22. article. Distribution of finished product, gives them the Welfare Ministry approved in accordance with the procedure laid down in the instructions for use of the national language, but the distribution of veterinary medicinal products, with the State Department of Health approved instructions for use of the national language.
23. article. Against recipes or request issued by a licensed veterinarian, authorized to issue only in animal products.
24. article. Outside pharmacies permitted to distribute only the Welfare Minister's approved list includes medicines and pharmaceutical products subject to registration. In this list, you must also specify the packaging of medicines and the quantity of the active substance in them. The State Health Department approved in the case of veterinary medicinal products and veterinārfarmaceitisk the list of products that are allowed to propagate outside of pharmacies.
25. article. Drug manufacture, production and distribution in the Republic of Latvia is allowed only if the special permission (license) the type of business concerned.
Chapter IV. Medicinal and pharmaceutical product evaluation and registration article 26. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products and registration agency. Veterinary medicines and veterinārfarmaceitisk products evaluation and registration procedure and registration by the State Health Department, but the evaluation organized by the State Veterinary Department of Veterinārfarmakoloģisk Board and Veterinārbioloģisk the Council of preparations.
27. article. Registration of medicines and pharmaceutical products that are already registered in one of the countries of the European Union, the Agency shall make the necessary registration documents and their translation into control and approval without medicine and evaluation of pharmaceutical products.
28. article. Drug or pharmaceutical product registration request may be submitted only to the drug or pharmaceutical product manufacturing company (the company) or its authorized person.

29. article. Evaluation and registration of the medicinal product shall be borne by the applicant for registration in accordance with regulation of the Minister of welfare, but — for medicinal products for veterinary use: Minister of Agriculture approved price list.
30. article. The Agency and, in the case of veterinary medicinal products: the official veterinary department within their competence determined by the medical authorities are entitled to carry out clinical trials of medicines and give opinions on the results of these studies, as well as the certification of the above authorities.
31. article. Drug or pharmaceutical product registration is refused or withdrawn where it is established that: 1) submitted false or misleading material;
2) medicines or pharmaceutical products harmful to humans, animals or the environment; 3) drug or pharmaceutical product quality does not comply with the technical documentation requirements regulations.
32. article. No later than 30 days after a decision on the cancellation of the registration, the agency or, in the case of veterinary medicinal products: the official veterinary Department of the decision shall be published in the newspaper "Gazette", as well as in writing of the registration certificate to the owner.
Chapter v. Pharmacy article 33. The pharmacy is a company (the company), which deals with the production and packing of medicines by doctors and medical institutions of the recipes written requests, pharmaceutical products and other therapeutic products, as well as health care or personal care product used for the disabled, medical supplies, medical tools and hardware, storage, distribution, retail, and other pharmaceutical services.
34. article. Depending on the nature of the activity and limits the following pharmacies: 1) General or open pharmacy;
2) closed type or treatment institutions pharmacies (allowed to issue treatment means only the hospital's needs, which operates pharmacies);
3) veterinary pharmacies.
35. article. (1) the pharmacy shall: 1) distribute the finished product, pharmaceutical products and other therapeutic products, as well as health care or personal care product used;
2) make medicines by doctors and medical institutions of the recipes written request;
3) medication according to the package of technical documentation requirements. The first part of this article 2 and 3 of the above transactions are allowed for pharmacies that do not have branches of the pharmacist.
(2) veterinary pharmacies permitted to distribute only in animal treatment, including medicines and veterinārfarmaceitisko products, as well as the care of the animals for goods. Medicines and veterinārfarmaceitisk products must be labelled with the words "for use in animals".
36. article. Pharmacy can open no more than two branches, which act as a pharmacy departments in the same administrative territory, running a pharmacy. The name of the branch of pharmacy that appearing on the branch opened.
37. article. To pharmacy starting out, you need to get the Ministry of welfare, but veterinary pharmacy — the Ministry of agriculture issued a special permit (license) to open a drugstore (operation), but before that, the Cabinet of Ministers in the order the issue of a certificate of compliance of pharmacies to the nature of work and amount.
38. article. Pharmacies run by and for its responsible pharmacies leader who received the pharmacist professional qualification certificate or, in the case of veterinary pharmacies — a special permit (license) for the distribution of veterinary medicinal products.
39. article. In rural areas of the pharmacy manager can be a person with average pharmaceutical education, at least five years ' seniority in the specialty and which received the pharmacist professional qualification certificate.
40. article. (1) the driver of one of the pharmacies may not be at pharmacies leader or deputy leader in the pharmacy or other responsible pharmacist or the pharmacist in charge of the Deputy lieltirgotav, or production manager or service control manager pharmaceutical company (the company).
(2) the pharmacy shall be distributed veterinary medicines only if pharmacists, dealing with it, has received a special permit (license) for the distribution of veterinary medicinal products.
Article 41. The pharmacy is responsible for the quality of medicines distributed. It allowed to buy drugs only from pharmaceutical companies (companies), lieltirgotav and medicinal pharmacies upon presentation of appropriate supporting documents. Herbs can also be purchased from natural persons, but may be distributed only if you have received the appropriate agencies or, if they are intended for animals, State Veterinary Department permission.
Article 42. General and closed pharmacies drugs can make, control and distribute only the professionals, which is a pharmaceutical education. Pharmacy branch, located in the rural area, where 5 kilometre radius is not another drugstore or pharmacy branch, medicine may also distribute medical person, in coordination with the Ministry of Welfare. Pharmacy branch that month should be stopped if this space is open to other pharmacy or pharmacy branch, which employs specialist who is a pharmaceutical education.
Chapter VI. The medicine of the lieltirgotav article 43. Lieltirgotav of medicinal products is a company (a company), dealing with medicine, pharmaceutical products and other therapeutic products, as well as health care or personal care product used for the disabled, medical supplies, pharmacies, medical instruments, equipment, and hardware purchasing, storage and distribution.
44. article. Lieltirgotav of the veterinary medicinal product is authorized to purchase, store and distribute products for animal medicines, treatment and care of the animals for goods. Medicinal products must be marked with the word "use" animals ".
Article 45. To open the lieltirgotav of medicinal products, the need to get the Ministry of welfare, but lieltirgotav of veterinary medicine — the Ministry of agriculture issued a special permit (license) to open the medicinal lieltirgotav (performance), but before that, the Cabinet of Ministers in the procedure prescribed for the issue of a certificate of compliance lieltirgotav the nature of work and amount.
Article 46. (1) lieltirgotav of medicinal products must have a responsible pharmacist who has higher pharmaceutical education and training certificate of professional qualification. The responsible pharmacist is responsible for the lieltirgotav of pharmaceutical medicines. If the medicine will be distributed in lieltirgotav also a veterinary medicinal product, it shall be responsible for the professional who received special permission (license) the distribution of veterinary medicinal products. Lieltirgotav veterinary medicinal products must be the responsible professional, who received special permission (license) the distribution of veterinary medicinal products.
(2) the responsible pharmacist lieltirgotav of medicinal products, or on the distribution of veterinary medicinal products, as well as the responsible veterinary medicine lieltirgotav, the responsible officer must not be simultaneously occupy the same positions in such other medicine or veterinary medicine, as well as the lieltirgotav may not be pharmacy, pharmaceutical company (the company) head, Deputy head or responsible.
47. article. Drug lieltirgotav is responsible for the quality of medicines distributed. It allowed to buy drugs only from pharmaceutical companies (companies) and lieltirgotav, while receiving the documents that certify the quality of the product.
48. article. (1) lieltirgotav for the medicinal product are allowed to distribute medicinal products to pharmacies and drug lieltirgotav, as well as licensed veterinarians and medical practice of their activities. Distribute the drugs to the other institutions, organizations and enterprises (companies) are allowed only if they have the Ministry of welfare or, in the case of veterinary medicinal products: the State Veterinary Department issued permission to purchase.
(2) foreign produced medicines authorised for import and distribute in Latvia, where they purchased for production or distribution companies, which are recognised by the national competent authorities.
49. article. Medicinal products that are allowed to propagate outside the pharmacy, medicine lieltirgotav of redistribute to other wholesale or retail businesses (companies).
Chapter VII. Pharmaceutical company in article 50. Pharmaceutical company (the company) is a company that manufactures medicinal or finished product manufactured and distributed products.
51. article. To produce the medicine, you need to get the Ministry of welfare or, in the case of a veterinary medicinal product, the Ministry of agriculture issued a special permit (license) to pharmaceutical company (the company) to open (performance), but before that, the Cabinet of Ministers in the order the issue of a certificate for a pharmaceutical company in compliance with the nature of work and amount.

52. article. Pharmaceutical and drug control services managers, pharmaceutical companies must be persons who have higher education Minister of welfare in certain specialties, but the veterinary pharmaceutical company, the State Veterinary Department in certain specialties. Pharmaceutical and drug control services managers at the same time may not be the responsible pharmacists or alternate medicine or pharmacy lieltirgotav heads or their deputies.
53. article. Pharmaceutical company according to the approved technical standards documentation to ensure medicine quality control in the production process and is responsible for the quality of the product produced, whether or not the full production cycle took place on the spot or been involved in other natural or legal persons.
54. article. Pharmaceutical company has permitted to distribute drugs only produced other medicinal plants (companies), licensed medicine lieltirgotav, licensed pharmacies and veterinary authorities.
55. article. Medicinal products that are allowed to propagate outside the pharmacy, pharmaceutical company can distribute to other wholesale or retail businesses (companies).
Article 56. Pharmaceutical company cabinet order is entitled to samples of medicinal products free of charge to licensed doctors and veterinarians, as well as medical and veterinary education and science institutions, informing the Agency in writing, but in the case of a veterinary medicinal product, the State Veterinary Department.
Chapter VIII. Licensing and certification article 57. The order in which the question is to be cancelled and special permissions (licenses) and the certificate shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
58. article. To receive a certificate of professional qualification of the pharmacist has the right to Latvian nationals who are comfortable public speaker, has got the highest or average pharmaceutical education and have at least three years of seniority in the specialty.
Article 59. Special permission (license) to open a drugstore (operation) can be obtained from: 1) a natural person with a certificate of professional qualification pharmacist practice;
2-opening pharmacies) in its administrative area (with special permission of the Minister of public health);
3) company, if it not less than 51 percent of the equity is owned by persons who are pharmaceutical education, and if its core is the production or distribution of the medicinal products;
4 Medical University) clinics, hospitals, rehabilitation institutions, industries, hospitals, specialised centres and ambulance authority (with special permission of the Minister of health the State of closed pharmacies opening).
(2) to get a license to open a veterinary pharmacy (operation) have the right to legal entities carrying out pharmaceutical operation, if a pharmacy manager has received a special permit (license) for the distribution of veterinary medicinal products.
60. article. (1) Special permission (license) to open the medicinal lieltirgotav (operation) can receive legal persons, if their main business is the distribution of medicinal products, if the responsible pharmacist is a pharmacist certificate of professional qualification and drug lieltirgotav is certified.
(2) the authorization of the veterinary medicinal product to open lieltirgotav (operation) have the right to legal persons, if their main activity is the distribution of veterinary medicinal products and the owner of the pharmaceutical activities of lieltirgotav has received a special permit (license) for the distribution of veterinary medicinal products.
61. article. (1) special permit (license) for the production of medicinal products may receive legal persons that are provided for the production and control of medicinal products necessary conditions, the participation of specialists and certified. The special permission (license) require medication or dosage forms which are authorized to manufacture the relevant medicinal plants.
(2) to be licensed the manufacture of veterinary medicinal products have the right to legal entities able to provide production and control of medicinal products necessary conditions, as well as the participation of experts. The licence specifies the medication or dosage forms which are authorized to manufacture the production company.
62. article. Pharmacy, medicine lieltirgotav and the pharmaceutical company must provide the Welfare Ministry, agency, national pharmaceutical inspection or, in the case of veterinary medicinal products, the State Veterinary Department for information on their activities in the pharmaceutical, medicinal and pharmaceutical products required in this Act and other legislation for the functions specified.
Chapter IX. The responsibility for the failure of the pharmaceutical law, article 63. Violations of this Act, a person called to the statutory liability.
64. article. Disputes arising from the application of this law, in court.
Transitional provisions 1 to the national medicines agency and national pharmaceutical inspection to the establishment of the proposed tasks and functions under this Act to fulfil the Ministry of welfare, Department of pharmacy, pharmaceutical inspection, quality control of medicinal products and the certification of the laboratory and the pharmacopoeia and Pharmacology Committee under the Ministry of welfare rules.
2. Permission (license) to open a drugstore (operation), issued medicine lieltirgotav or pharmaceutical companies, and pharmaceutical activities of the licence to the entry into force of this law must keep their defined expiration date.
3. Pharmacy, herbal lieltirgotav, herbal manufacturing company certification and certification of professional qualifications of pharmacists was initiated by the Cabinet of Ministers rules of picking.
4. Article 6 of the Act, paragraph 6, article 7, paragraph 2, and article 20, paragraphs 4 and 5 shall apply until 31 December 1998.
5. Article 59 of the Act 3 is in force until 31 December 1998.
6. With the entry into force of this Act shall terminate the constitutional order of article 81 of Cabinet of Ministers issued regulation. 101 "pharmaceutical" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1996, no. 10).
The Parliament adopted the law in 1997, on April 10.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga, 1997 April 24.