1. No person may open a Medical Warehouse or Medical Store unless he has obtained a license from the EDE. 2. The following conditions shall be met to obtain a license to open a Medical Warehouse or store: a. Obtain a valid Good Storage and Distribution Practice Certificate from the EDE. b. To entrust its technical management to a Licensed Pharmacist who is responsible and dedicated to working in it. c. As an exception to the requirement of a full-time Pharmacist to manage the Medical Warehouse or Medical Store referred to in the previous Clause, if the activity of the Medical Warehouse or Medical Store is limited to medical equipment, it may be managed by a medical equipment engineer or a specialist in one of the health professions who is licensed and dedicated to working in it. d. In the event of practicing the activity of importing or exporting Medical Products in the State, it is required to obtain a license for that from the EDE, and the Executive Regulations of this Decree-Law shall specify any other activities that the Medical Warehouse or Medical Store is permitted to practice in accordance with its geographical location. e. Fulfilling the technical and health requirements and other requirements specified by the Executive Regulations of this Decree-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 General Pharmacies 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 General Pharmacy shall be issued in accordance with the commercial license issued by that authority. 4. Medical Warehouses and Medical Stores operating in free zones are excluded 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 Medical Warehouses and Medical Stores shall appoint citizens in the professions required by the activity of this pharmacy in accordance with the percentages specified in the legislation in force in this regard. 6. The EDE shall inform the Competent Health Authority of the Licenses issued by it to Medical Warehouse or Medical Store and any other information related to Medical Warehouse or Medical Store, in accordance with the mechanism agreed upon in accordance with Article (174) of this Decree-Law. 7. The Medical Warehouse or Medical Store may provide its services electronically in accordance with a system issued by a decision of the Chairman or his delegate. 8. The provisions of this chapter exclude Medical Stores affiliated with Government Health Establishments or in private Health Establishments, which are licensed in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the legislation in force for licensing Health Establishments by the Ministry or the Competent Health Authority, each within the limits of their jurisdiction.
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