LESSON PLAN
Name of Faculty:  
Discipline: DIPLOMA IN PHARMACY
Semester/Year: Second year 
Subject/Code: PHARMACY LAW AND ETHICS (ER20-26T)
Lesson Plan Duration: 45 Weeks  (04 AUGUST 2025 to 30 JUNE-2025 Tentative)
Work Load (Lecture) per week (in Hours):
WEEK THEORY
Lecture Day Topic (Including assignment /Test)
1st 1st General Principles of Law, History and various Acts related to Drugs and Pharmacy profession
2nd Revision
3rd Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945 and New Amendments 
2nd 1st Objectives, Definitions, Legal definitions of schedules to the Act and Rules 
2nd Import of drugs – Classes of drugs and cosmetics prohibited from import
3rd Import under license or permit
3rd 1st Study of schedule C and C1, G, H, H1, K, P, M, N, and X.
2nd Manufacture of drugs – Prohibition of manufacture and sale of certain drugs
3rd Conditions for grant of license and conditions of license for manufacture of drugs 
4th 1st Manufacture of drugs for test, examination and analysis 
2nd Manufacture of new drug, loan license and repacking license.
3rd Sale of Drugs – Wholesale, Retail sale and Restricted license
5th 1st Records to be kept in a pharmacy
2nd Drugs Prohibited for manufacture and sale in India
3rd Administration of the Act and Rules – Drugs Technical Advisory Board
6th 1st Central Drugs Laboratory 
2nd Drugs Consultative Committee
3rd Government  analysts
7th 1st Licensing authorities
2nd Controlling authorities 
3rd Drug Inspectors
8th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
9th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
10th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
 11th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
12th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
13th
1st Sessional Exam
14th 1st Pharmacy Act-1948 and Rules: Objectives, Definitions
2nd Pharmacy Council of India; its constitution and functions
3rd Education Regulations 
15th 1st State and Joint state pharmacy councils
2nd Registration of Pharmacists, Offences and Penalties.
3rd Pharmacy Practice Regulations 2015
16th 1st The Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955
2nd Objectives, Definitions, Licensing , Offenses and Penalities
3rd Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 and Rules 
17th 1st Objectives, Definitions, Authorities and Officers, Prohibition, Control  and  Regulation, Offences  and Penalties.
2nd Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954
3rd Objectives,Definitions,Prohibition of certain advertisements,Classes of Exempted  advertisements,Offences and Penalties
18th 1st Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act-1960: Objectives, Definitions, CPCSEA - brief overview, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, 
2nd Breeding and Stocking of Animals, Performance of Experiments, Transfer and Acquisition of animals for experiment, Records, Power to suspend or revoke registration, Offences and Penalties.
3rd Poisons Act-1919: Introduction,objective, possession
19th 1st Possession for sales and sale of any poison, import of poisons
2nd FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) Act and Rules:
3rd Brief overview and aspects related to manufacture, storage, sale, and labelling of Food Supplements
20th 1st National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority: Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO) - 2013.
2nd Objectives, Definitions, Sale prices of bulk drugs 
3rd Retail price of formulations
21th 1st Retail price and ceiling price of scheduled formulations
2nd Pharmaceutical Policy 2002
3rd National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM)
22th 1st Good Regulatory practices (documentation, licenses, renewals, e-governance) in Community Pharmacy
2nd Hospital pharmacy, Pharma Manufacturing, Wholesale business
3rd Inspections, import, export of drugs and medical devices
23th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
24th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
25th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
26th
2nd Sessional Exam
27th 1st Code of Pharmaceutical Ethics: Definition, ethical principles, ethical problem solving, registration 
2nd Code of ethics for Pharmacist in relation to his job, trade, medical profession and his profession, Pharmacist’s oath
3rd Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and Rules – basic understanding, salient features, and Amendments
28th 1st Role of all the government pharma regulator bodies – Central Drugs Standards Control Organization (CDSCO)
2nd Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC)
3rd Introduction to BCS system of classification, Basic concepts of Clinical Trials, ANDA, NDA, New Drug development
29th 1st New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019
2nd Brand v/s Generic, Trade name concept 
3rd Introduction to Patent Law and  Intellectual  Property  Rights
30th 1st Emergency  Use Authorization
2nd Blood bank
3rd Basic requirements and functions
31st 1st Clinical Establishment Act and Rules 
2nd Aspects related to Pharmacy
3rd Biomedical Waste Management Rules 2016
32rd 1st Basic aspects, and aspects related to pharma manufacture to disposal of pharma / medical waste at homes, pharmacies,and hospitals
2nd Bioethics - Basic concepts, history and principles. 
3rd Brief overview of ICMR’s National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical  and  Health  Research  involving  human participants
33th 1st Introduction to the Consumer Protection Act
2nd Introduction to the Disaster Management Act
3rd Medical Devices 
34th 1st Categorization, basic aspects related to manufacture and sale
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
35th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
36th
3rd Sessional Exam
37th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
38th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
39th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
40th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision
41th 1st Revision
2nd Revision
3rd Revision