Policy, Laws & Ethics in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. state laws and ethics guiding the practices that relates with medical practices; 2. interpret and apply the laws and ethics guiding the practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Nigeria. 3. state rights of practitioner, patients and genral public consumers.

Laws and ethics guiding the practice relates with other medical practices. Federal acts. National policy on traditional medicine, poisons and pharmacy act. Counterfeit and Fake drugs (Miscellaneous provisions Act.) Pharmacist Ethics, Codes of Conduct for Complementary and Alternative Medicine practitioners, the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration (NAFDAC) Decree, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) decree. Indian Hemp decree, State Board Laws in Complementary and Alternative Medicine practice. Medical and Pharmacy laws and professional ethic. General comportment, malpractices and excesses of HMPs as well as any other mandatory legal requirements and restrictions on the following: claims faking quackery, sales, advertisement, control of manufacture, distribution, marketing labelling, registration, importation and exportation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine products, animal medicinal products and mineral medicinal products. Miscellaneous regulations and other directives of the proposed Traditional Medicine Council of Nigeria (TMCN) which may be formulated and promulgated from time to time. Discussions of ethical issues confronting professional responsibilities and their patient in the practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Rights of the practitioner, patients and the general public consumers.