The Pharmacy (Amendment) Bill 2023 was introduced in Lok Sabha today. The Bill is to amend the Pharmacy Act, 1948. It was introduced by the Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar.

The Bill has a special provision relating to persons registered or qualified under Jammu and Kashmir Pharmacy Act, 2021. It states that any person whose name has been entered in the register of pharmacists maintained under the Jammu and Kashmir Pharmacy Act or possesses qualification prescribed under the act shall be deemed to have entered the register of pharmacists.