[MP 12,305] Interpretation2
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- complementary medicine
is a medicinal product containing ingredients such as herbs, vitamins and minerals, nutritional or dietary supplements, homoeopathic medicines and aromatherapy products claiming to be for therapeutic use and consisting wholly or principally of one or more designated active ingredients, each of which has a clearly established identity and a traditional use;
- designated active ingredient
means an active ingredient, or a kind of active ingredient, listed below—
- (a)a choline salt;
- (b)a homoeopathic preparation;
- (c)a lipid, including an essential fatty acid or phospholipid;
- (d)a microorganism, whole or extracted, except a vaccine;
- (e)a mineral including a mineral salt and a naturally occurring mineral;
- (f)a mucopolysaccharide;
- (g)a substance produced by or obtained from bees, including royal jelly, bee pollen and propolis;
- (h)a sugar, polysaccharide or carbohydrate;
- (i)a vitamin or provitamin;
- (j)an amino acid;
- (k)an essential oil;
- (l)charcoal;
- (m)non-human animal material (or a synthetically produced substitute for material of that kind) including dried material, bone and cartilage, fats and oils and other extracts or concentrates; or
- (n)plant or herbal material (or a synthetically produced substitute for material of that kind), including plant fibres, enzymes, algae, fungi, cellulose and derivatives of cellulose and chlorophyll;
- medical professional
refers to a registered medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon; and
- nutritional or dietary supplement
is a manufactured product in a pill, capsule, tablet or liquid form intended to supplement the diet when taken by mouth.
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