Act No. 13, 2003 MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT, 2003 (i) the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, modification or prevention of a disease, abnormal physical or mental state, or the symptoms thereof, in humans or animals; or (ii) restoring, correcting or modifying any somatic, psychic or organic function in humans or animals; (b) a veterinary medicine; or (c) a complementary medicine; “Minister” means the Minister responsible for health; “original immediate container” means the immediate container in which the medicine was originally distributed by the manufacturer; “package” means a container in or by which an original immediate container of a medicine is enclosed, covered, contained or packed, but excludes bulk boxes in which that original immediate container or the package is transported; “para-veterinary professional” means a person registered to practise a para-veterinary profession under the Veterinary and Para-veterinary Professions Proclamation, 1984 (Proclamation No. AG. 14 of 1984); “patient” means ­ (a) in the case of a medical practitioner, a dentist, a practitioner or a registered nurse, a person treated by the medical practitioner, the dentist, the practitioner or the registered nurse; (b) in the case of a veterinarian or a para-veterinary professional, an animal treated by the veterinarian or the para-veterinary professional; and (c) in the case of a pharmacist, a person, or an animal, treated by the pharmacist; “Permanent Secretary” means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for health; “pharmaceutical technician” means a pharmaceutical technician as defined in the Pharmacy Profession Act, 1993 (Act No. 23 of 1993); “pharmacist” means a pharmacist as defined in the Pharmacy Profession Act, 1993 (Act No. 23 of 1993); “pharmacist’s assistant” means a pharmacist’s assistant as defined in the Pharmacy Profession Act, 1993 (Act No. 23 of 1993); “pharmacist intern” means a pharmacist intern as defined in the Pharmacy Profession Act, 1993 (Act No. 23 of 1993); “practitioner” means a practitioner as defined in the Allied Health Services Professions Act, 1993 (Act No. 20 of 1993); “prescribe” means ­ (a) prescribe by regulation under this Act; and (b) in relation to a medicine, issue a written or oral instruction for a specific patient to receive a medicine specified in that instruction under such conditions as may be specified, and “prescription” has a corresponding meaning;