FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL POLICY PROVISIONS WERE INCORPORATED
BY GOVERNMENT OF THE INDIAN STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR IN ITS MAIDEN DRAFT DRUG
POLICY AS A RESULT OF PERSISTENT ADVOCACY, PERSUASIVE PRESSURE AND LOGICAL
INTERVENTIONS MADE BY CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM OF KASHMIR:
1. Updation
of the essential drug list shall be
carried out every two years for the public sector.
2. Qualified
pharmacists shall also be included in the State Drug Committee meant for
preparing and updating the essential drugs list.
3. Effects of local diseases, food habits on drug effectiveness (e.g., malnutrition,
liver diseases etc.), local differences in sensitivity and resistance of
micro-organisms and differences in climate, topography and other environmental
factors
shall be duly considered while selecting drugs for preparing essential drugs
list.
4. Proper re-call and disposal procedures shall be followed as per standard
guidelines.
5. Approved private
sector laboratories under overall supervision
of the State Government shall also be involved to ensure the quality of
drugs in the State.
6. Annual testing load and average testing time of existing Drug Testing
Laboratories shall be fixed for proper accountability.
7. Efforts will be
made for accrediting the drug Testing Laboratories as per national standards.
8. Efforts shall be made to strictly enforce the provisions of the J&K
Pharmacy Act, Samvat 2011 and the rules framed thereunder.
9. Regulatory laws related to quality control of AYUSH drugs shall be
examined. Suitable amendments in the said regulations shall be made, wherever
necessary.
10.The
rules relating to cosmetics
shall be enforced and laboratories notified for testing purposes.
11.Sale, Storage, use of drugs and record keeping
specified under Schedule X of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 shall be
supervised and monitored effectively by the inspectorate working under Drug and
Food Control Organization, J&K.
12.Special checking squads under the leadership of
Deputy Controllers will be constituted to undertake periodic inspections in
this regard.
13.Schedule-H drugs shall be strictly dispensed on the prescription
of Registered Medical Practitioners.
14.An Intelligence-cum-Legal Cell shall be established
in the office Drug and Food Control Organization, J&K to facilitate busting
of spurious drug rackets and their prompt prosecution.
15.Efforts shall be made to provide incentives to
informers giving information about spurious drugs.
16.Efforts shall be made to rationalize number of Drug licenses.
17.Clinical pharmacy services shall be introduced in
all major Hospitals for the benefits of the patients.
18.Best
practices will be followed in Blood Banking and Transfusion of Blood.
19.Efforts shall be made to strengthen the provisions
of J&K Pharmacy Act Samvat 2011 and also enforce education regulations
thereof.
