NameImportation of Controlled Substances
DescriptionThe importation of Controlled Substances requires an importer needs to obtain a permit from the Ministry of Health prior to the importation and sale of controlled substances in Jamaica. Importers of controlled substances are required under the law- Food and Drug Act 1975 to get a permit
CommentsImporters are required to register with the Ministry of Health to receive a permit. Importers need to complete the Blue Form entitled " Permit Application for Food and Drugs"
Validity From1975-08-04
Validity To9999-09-09
Measure TypePermit Requirement
AgencyMinistry of Health & Wellness
Legal Document- The Food and Drugs Act
Procedures
# Procedure Name Description Category View Detail
1 Controlled Substance Import Permit - MOH A step by step guide on how to import controlled substance Import
Forms
# Title Description Issued By File
1 Ministry of Health Permit Application for Psychotropics, Narcotics and Precursors Ministry of Health Permit Application for Psychotropics, Narcotics and Precursors Ministry of Health & Wellness PDF
Commodity/s
# HS Code Description
1 2937110000 Somatotropin, its derivatives and structural analogues.
2 2937120000 Insulin and its salts.
3 2937190010 Pituitary (anterior) or similar hormones
4 2937190090 Other, nesoi
5 2937210000 Cortisone, hydrocortisone, prednisone (dehydrohydrocortisone) and prednisolone (dehydrocortisone)
6 2937220000 Halogenated derivatives of corticosteroidal hormones
7 2937230000 Oestrogens and progestogens
8 2937290000 Other
9 2937500000 Prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, their derivatives and structural analogues
10 2937900000 Other
11 2941100010 Penicillins and their derivatives of list 4
12 2941100020 Penicillins and their derivatives not of list 4.
13 2941200010 streptomycin & derivatives of list 4.
14 2941300010 Tetracyclines & derivatives, of list 4.
15 2941300020 Tetracyclines & derivatives, not of list 4.
16 2941400010 chloramphenicol and derivatives,salts thereof of list four
17 2941400020 chloramphenicol and its derivatives salts thereof not of list four
18 2941500010 Erythromycin and its derivative salts thereof, of list four
19 2941500020 Erythromycin and its dervatives salts thereof, not of list four
20 2941900010 Antibiotics, nesoi, of list four
21 2941900090 Antibiotics, nesoi, not of list four
22 3001200000 Extracts of glands or other organs or of their Secretions
23 3002110000 Malaria diagnostic test kits
24 3002120000 Antisera, other blood fractions
25 3002130000 Immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale
26 3002140000 Immunological products, mixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale
27 3002190000 Other
28 3002200000 Vaccines for human medicine
29 3002301000 Vaccines against foot and mouth disease
30 3002900000 Other
31 3003101000 Ampicillin (capsules or oral suspension)
32 3003102000 Amoxicillin (capsules or oral suspension)
33 3003109000 Other
34 3003204010 Nystatin, list four, not in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale
35 3004109010 Medicaments containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivat
36 3004491000 Containing quinine sulphate, quinine hydrochloride and quinine dihydrochloride and all alkaloids (or salts thereof) derived from cinchona bark, but not including quinine compounded with other drugs:
37 3004491010 Containing quinine sulphate, quinine hydrochloride and quinine dihydrochloride and all alkaloids (or salts thereof) derived from cinchona bark, but not including quinine compounded with other drugs of list four
38 3004499000 Other (see Additional CARICOM Note 1):
39 3004501000 Containing vitamins A,D1,D2,D3 and injectibles:
40 3004501010 Prescription drugs containing Vitamin A, D1, D2, D3
41 3006920000 Waste pharmaceuticals
Step-by-Step Guide
# Process name Process short name Activity
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