B.Sc. in Homeopathic Pharmacy

Rule 2 (dd) of the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules defines the homoeopathic medicines as, 'Homoeopathic medicines include any drug which is recorded in homoeopathic provings of therapeutic efficacy of which has been established through long clinical experience as recorded in authoritative homoeopathic literature of India and abroad and which is prepared according to the techniques of homoeopathic pharmacy and covers combinations in ingredients of such homoeopathic medicines but does not include a medicine which is administered by parenteral route. Provisions relating to sale of homoeopathic medicines are prescribed in part VI-A, in which: Rule 67-A (1) The State Government shall appoint Licensing Authorities for the purpose of this part for such areas as may be specified. (The above Licensing Authority is generally the Director of Drugs Control of the respective State Government.) Rule 67-A (2) Application for the grant or renewals of a licence to sell, stock or exhibit for sale or distribution of homoeopathic medicines shall be made in Form 19-B to the Licensing Authority and shall be accompanied by necessary fees. Provided that if the applicant applies for renewal of licence after its expiry but within one month ofsuch expiry the fee payable for renewal of such licence shall be rupees five plus an additional fee of rupees five. But at present (i.e. from 1983) the above licence fees of both for the retail and wholesale dealer have been increased. The Licensing Authority will issue the requisite licences.