Section 46. Other Penalties.— Any person who shall commit any of the following acts shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred thousand pesos (?100,000.00), but not exceeding two hundred thousand pesos (?200,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than thirty (30) days but not more than one (1) year, or both, at the discretion of the court:

1. Affixing of the title “RPh” by a person who is not a duly registered and licensed pharmacist;

2. Practicing the pharmacy profession in the Philippines without a valid COR, PIC or STP;

3. Non-indication of a pharmacist of his/her COR and professional tax receipt numbers in official documents requiring such information;

4. Refusal to display the COR of the pharmacist in a prominent and conspicuous place in the establishment and outlet where the pharmacist is employed and practicing;

5. Noncompliance by a duly registered and licensed pharmacist with the requirements on the filling of prescription;

6. Noncompliance by a duly registered and licensed pharmacist on the requirements for partially-filled prescription;

7. Selling of physician’s samples;

8. Distribution of antimicrobials, including anti-TB drugs and other product classification as may be prohibited by law as physician’s samples;

9. Removal, erasure and alteration of mark or label of physician’s sample;

10. Use of cipher, codes, or secret keys or unusual names or terms in prescriptions;

11. Filling of prescriptions where cipher, codes, or secret keys or unusual names or terms are used;

12. Noncompliance with labeling requirements for dispensed medicines;

13. Noncompliance with the requirements on the keeping of record books by a pharmaceutical outlet;

14. Employment of personnel in a pharmacy or pharmaceutical operation without the required training and certification;

15. Refusal of a non-pharmacist owner/operator of a pharmaceutical outlet to undergo training and certification;

16. Refusal by the owner/operator to allow and require duly registered and licensed pharmacists and pharmacy support personnel to undergo CPD, training and certification;

17. Rendering dispensing-related services by non-pharmacists in a pharmaceutical outlet without undergoing the required training and certification;

18. Dispensing pharmaceutical products in medical missions without the supervision of a duly registered and licensed pharmacist;

19. Noncompliance with the required training and certification of professional service or medical representatives or professional service representatives, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy aides, pharmacy clerks, and other medicine handlers of pharmaceutical products. Both the medical representatives or professional service representatives, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, pharmacy aides, pharmacy clerks, or medicine handlers and the pharmaceutical establishment and outlet emploving any such individual shall be held jointly liable; and

20. Violation of any provision of this Act and its rules and regulations not aforementioned above. Any person, other than the citizens of the Philippines, having been found guilty of any violation as provided for in this section and the preceding section shall, after having paid the fine or having served the sentence, or both, when so adjudged, shall also be subject to immediate deportation.

The penalties and liabilities herein provided shall be without prejudice to other sanction/s that may be imposed for violation of other applicable laws, policies, rules and regulations.

The owner/operator of the pharmaceutical establishments/outlets and the duly registered and licensed pharmacists/pharmacy support personnel are jointly liable for the willful violation of any provision of this Act.