Only Registered Pharmacists are Formally trained in University to Dispensing Drugs (Medicines).

Welcome.
Another YEAR has come. Some received it with gladness and expectation. Some 'dropped into' it with worries and trepidation. Whatever state you may be in, time does not wait for you to get ready; we have to manage it. If you had not done well last year, then you need to "PLAN for 2016" to ensure greater success. Nobody owes you a meal; you have to work for it. We can only  wish you success this year.If you are practising Community Pharmacy in Malaysia, we invite you to join us propmptly as a member (click Member's Section) and you will reap the Member's benefits and pharmacy networking that is required in a professional practice. Malaysian Community Pharmacy Guild (MCPG) (Persatuan Farmasi Komuniti Malaysia) is a national Community Pharmacy organization that will focus on all Industrial Matters pertaining to community pharmacy practice. As on Sept 2015, about one-third of more than 13,147 registered pharmacists in Malaysia participate in community pharmacy practice. MCPG seeks to promote and protect the interests of pharmacy practitioners while desiring that all the consumers and patients receive quality pharmacy-care and related health services. The Motto "Towards Community Pharmacy Excellence" shall guide members to serve patients and consumers well. MCPG was legally established on 7th October 2005 under the (Malaysian) Society Act 1966, and Society Regulations 1984 under the name PERSATUAN
FARMASIS KOMUNITI MALAYSIA (Malaysian Community Pharmacists Association)--
MCPA. It was officially approved for change to MCPG on 8th April 2013.
PART (I): WHO ARE REGISTERED PHARMACISTS?  All Registered Pharmacists are University graduates who study a 4 to 6 years Pharmacy Degree Course that specializes in Medicines (Drugs) properties, mechanisms of action, formulation, manufacturing, correct uses and doses, drugs toxicities, drugs interactions and incompatibilities, compounding and dispensing of medicines, proper storage, transportation, handling and disposal of drugs. Malaysia has more than thirteen thousand fully qualified pharmacists who are
registered under the Registration of Pharmacists Act 1951 before they can practise pharmacy. Pharmacy profession is strictly controlled by Pharmacy
Legislations.

Only Registered Pharmacists are Formally trained in University to Dispensing
Drugs (Medicines). Medical doctors specialize in diagnosis and treatment of
diseases; they are not formally trained in Dispensing Medicines. This is the reason
why Malaysia needs Dispensing Separation in the private sector. We had waited for
63 years for Government to implement a legal provision enacted in 1952. Can
Someone in authority be merciful to us??
PART (II): PATIENTS' RIGHT TO PRESCRIPTIONS
Most Malaysians do not know that it is their Legal Right to have a Prescription Issued
to them after their medical doctors have examined them and had decided to
prescribe some medicines for them. This patients' right is clearly stated in
Poisons Regulations 1952, Regulation (23).
Poisons Regulations 1952 stipulates, under above Regulation (23), that:
"The Poison shall only be supplied by, or on and in accordance with a
prescription of, a registered medical practitioner for the purposes of medical
treatment, or a registered dentist for the purposes of dental treatment, or a
veterinary surgeon for the purposes of animal treatment."
The next time, when you go to a medical clinic, PLEASE remember to exercise your
Legal Patient's Right to get a PRESCRIPTION from your doctor. The next door
Community Pharmacists are formally trined to dispense your prescriptions. A
Community Pharmacy carries 1,500% more medicines than a typical medical clinic.
Go for quality services and obtain superior selection because you pay for it.