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Law No. 9 of 1987 on Control and Regulation of Control and Regulation of Narcotic Drugs and Dangerous Psychotropic Substances (NDDPS)

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 9Date: 06/04/1987 Corresponding to 07/08/1407 HijriNumber of Articles: 65Status: In force

Official Gazette :Issue: 4Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 01/01/1987 Corresponding to 01/05/1407 HijriPage from: 2899

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Possession and Medical Dispensation of Narcotic Drugs and Dangerous Psychotropic Substances

15 Article

Article 15

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2 above, a person may possess NDDPS only for personal use and for strictly health reasons, in the quantities prescribed by physicians licenced to practice medicine in the State of Qatar. Under no circumstances shall such NDDPS be administered to another person for any reason.
The aforesaid physicians may not prescribe NDDPS for any patient except for the purpose of proper, legitimate and well-indicated medical treatment.
The patient shall, in circumstances where any part of a prescription is not used, return the unused NDDPS to the dispenser.
16 Article - Amended

Article 16

Physicians licenced to practice medicine in the State of Qatar may keep in their clinics some of the NDDPS for use in urgent medical necessity, provided that such NDDPS be kept in the form suited to their particular medical usage without change, and the physician must have a private clinic licence in Qatar.

The physician must comply with the provisions governing the possession of the NDDPS set out in Article 31 of this Law and enter them in the particular record.

A physician shall not dispense any quantity therefrom to patients for self-administration, nor shall he prescribe for himself, for his own private use, any quantity of NDDPS.

A physician licenced to practice medicine in the State of Qatar may keep an adequate quantity of NDDPS to treat a patients in the event of an emergency outside his clinic.

The Minister of Public Health shall issue a decision specifying the due procedures to be followed in respect of the possession and safe keeping of such substances and their return to the dispenser.
17 Article - Amended

Article 17

Pharmacists may not dispense NDDPS except upon a medical prescription issued by a physician licenced to practice medicine in the State of Qatar or upon permission issued from the Ministry of Public Health pursuant to Article 12 above.
18 Article - Amended

Article 18

The Minister of Public Health shall issue a decision specifying the information and conditions, which must be included in the medical prescriptions detailing NDDPS for dispensation by a pharmacy. Such prescriptions shall be given from prescription books stamped by the seal of the Ministry of Public Health. The Minister may determine the maximum quantities that may be dispensed to one patient
19 Article

Article 19

A medical prescription containing NDDPS shall not be dispensed when more than five days have elapsed since the date of the writing of such prescription.
20 Article

Article 20

Medical prescriptions referred to in the above Articles shall not, once redeemed for the substances in question, be given back to their bearer. They shall not be used more than once. They shall be kept in the pharmacy after checking the date of delivery, the entry number in the medical prescriptions' record book, the pharmacy dispensing record book, and the signature of the pharmacist. The bearer of the prescription shall be given a receipt for the quantity of the drug dispensed by the pharmacy. This receipt shall also contain the date and signature of the dispensing pharmacist, as well as the pharmacy stamp.
21 Article - Amended

Article 21

All NDDPS delivered to a pharmacy must have their delivery date recorded in an entry book. Likewise, a record of those drugs dispensed shall also be recorded in an official entry book, in chronological order, bearing an official stamp of the Ministry of Public Health.

All such information as may be required by decision of the Minister of Public Health shall also be entered in this book, which shall be presented to the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Interior on request.
22 Article

Article 22

Pharmacies may dispense NDDPS under licence cards provided for in the following Articles for the following persons:
1. Physicians licenced to practice medicine in the State of Qatar.
2. Physicians administered for this purpose in hospitals, sanatoriums and medical centres having no pharmacists.
23 Article - Amended

Article 23

The Ministry of Public Health shall grant the licence cards referred to in the preceding Article upon request, stating the full names of the NDDPS, the nature and percentage concentration of each, and the quantity required by the person or organization making the request, in addition to any such further information as the Ministry of Public
Health may request.
24 Article

Article 24

The licence card shall state the following:
1. The full name, nationality, occupation and address of the cardholder;
2. The quantity of NDDPS permitted to be dispensed on the basis of the card and the maximum quantity to be dispensed on each single occasion.
3. The expiry date of the card.
25 Article - Amended

Article 25

Pharmacists shall state in the licence card the quantity dispensed and the dates thereof, and sign their entries. NDDPS dispensed under a licence card may only be delivered against a receipt given by the cardholder stating in indelible ink the date and full name of the NDDPS and the quantity dispensed, both in figures and words, in addition to the number and date of the licence card.
The cardholder shall return the card to the Ministry of Public Health within seven days of the date on which the card expires. The Ministry of Public Health shall send a copy of the card to the Ministry of Interior within three days of the date on which it receives the original card.