1. No person may open a Pharmaceutical Consulting Office unless he has obtained a license from the EDE. 2. The following conditions shall be met to obtain a license to open a Pharmaceutical Consulting Office: a. To entrust its technical management to a responsible Pharmacist licensed to work in pharmaceutical consultations within the field of the pharmacy profession, and dedicated to working in it. b. Fulfilling other requirements specified by the Executive Regulations of this law; 3. Subject to the provisions of the Commercial Companies Law, the Local Authority responsible for corporate affairs in the relevant emirate shall have the EDE to determine a specific percentage of citizens’ contribution to the capital of a company that carries out the activity of Pharmaceutical Consulting Office or to open the way for full foreign Ownership, while determining the percentage of citizens’ participation in the BOD of companies established within their jurisdiction. The License to open a Pharmaceutical Consulting Office shall be issued in accordance with the commercial license issued by that authority. 4. Pharmaceutical Consulting Office operating in free zones are exempted from the percentage referred to in Clause (3) of this Article, as are any other General Pharmacies specified by a resolution issued by the Cabinet. 5. The Owner of a Pharmaceutical Consulting Office shall appoint citizens in the professions required by the activity of this office in accordance with the percentages specified in the legislation in force in this regard. 6. The Pharmaceutical Consulting Office may provide its services electronically in accordance with a system issued by a decision of the Chairman or his delegate. 7. The EDE shall inform the Competent Health Authority of the licenses issued by it to Pharmaceutical Consulting Office and any other information related to Pharmaceutical Consulting Office, in accordance with the mechanism that is agreed upon in accordance with Article (174) of this Decree-Law.
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