Amendment to Pharmacy Law of 1987

Violations of specified sections relating to pharmacy practice and registration are punishable.
Prohibited acts include:
- Making false representations to obtain pharmacist registration certificates.
- Allowing unregistered individuals to practice pharmacy.
- Falsely displaying a pharmacist’s registration certificate when the pharmacist is not employed.
- Acting as a dummy for aliens or unqualified persons to open or operate retail drugstores.
Penalties include fines ranging from ₱1,000 to ₱4,000 or imprisonment from six months and one day to four years, at the court's discretion.

"Drugs" include:
1. Articles recognized in official pharmacopeias such as the United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary, Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or National Drug Formulary and their supplements.
2. Articles intended for diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of diseases in humans or animals.
3. Articles (excluding food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the human or animal body.
4. Components of articles described above, excluding devices or their components, parts, or accessories.

Any laws, orders, rules, or regulations inconsistent with this Executive Order are repealed or modified accordingly to ensure conformity.

This Executive Order took effect fifteen days after its publication in the Official Gazette, providing a clear timeline for its implementation.