Section 24 in Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (Affiliation of Pharmacy Colleges) Statutes
24.
Tire following additional departments with necessary staff members, additional laboratories and additional facilities have to be provided by the Management of the Pharmacy college to become eligible for applying for provisional affiliation for the third year B. Pharm degree course of study.Additional departments:(a)Pharmacology department.(b)Pharmaceutics department.Additional laboratories:(i)There shall be a Pharmacognosy laboratory of 30 feet x 40 feet to accommodate not more than 30 students at a time with separate space for preparation room, laboratory, staff room, etc., of 150 square feet each. They shall be fitted with Biology Type of work tables with provision for gas, water, drainage and electrical connections on the table with fixed lighting for microscopic work. There shall be a provision for black draw curtains to ail windows. Separate sinks for washing shall be provided in the preparation room. A store room of 20 feet x 30 feet shall be provided in 40 feet shall be set up with furniture for display of crude drugs. An aseptic room of 30 feet x 20 feet shall be provided with an A/c unit for Tissue culture work.(ii)There shall be a garden of atleast half-an acre to grow medical plants.(iii)There shall be Pharmacology department with a separate laboratory of 30' x 40' with a provision for experimental pharmacology with adequate gas, water, drainage and electrical connections. A preparation room, a laboratory, staff room and a smoking and varnishing room of 150 square feet shall also be provided.(iv)There shall be a department of Pharmaceutics with a separate laboratory of 30' x 40' for dispensing, hospital and clinical pharmacy with gas, water, drainage and electrical connections on the table. A preparation room, a room for laboratory staff may be provided adjacent to the laboratory. A machine room of 30' x 40' shall also be provided with electrical plug points for fixing all the pharmaceutical machineries as required under the syllabus and making it operational for the use of the students. Gas and water supply with drainage shall also be provided at appropriate points. This machine room shall be in continuity with the Pharmaceutics laboratory.(v)The Organic Chemistry laboratory shall be utilized for the practicals in Chemistry of Natural Products.
