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Qualifications of Government Analyst. ____ A person appointed as a Government Analyst under the Act shall be a person who____ (a) is a graduate in medicine or science or pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Chemistry of a 3[University established in India by law or has an equivalent qualification recognized and notified by the Central Government for such purpose] and has had not less than five years’ post-graduate experience in the testing of drugs in a laboratory under control of (i) a Government Analyst appointed under the Act, or (ii) the head of an Institution or testing laboratory approved for the purpose by the appointing authority, 4[or has completed two years’ training on testing of drugs, including items stated in Schedule C, in Central Drugs Laboratory], or (b) possesses a post-graduate degree in medicine or science or pharmacy or Pharmaceutical chemistry of a 3[University established in India by law or has an equivalent qualification recognized and notified by the Central Government for such purpose] or possesses the Associateship Diploma of the Institution of Chemists (India) obtained by passing the said examination with ‘Analysis of Drugs and Pharmaceuticals’ as one of the subjects and has had after obtaining the said post-graduate degree or diploma not less than three years’ experience in the testing of drugs in a laboratory under the control of (i) a Government Analyst appointed under the Act, or (ii) the head of an Institution or testing laboratory approved for the purpose by the appointing authority 4[or has completed training on testing of drugs, including items stated in Schedule C, in Central Drugs Laboratory]: Provided that- 4[(i) for purpose of examination of items in Schedule C,- (ia) the persons appointed under clause (a) or (b) and having degree in Medicine, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pharmacy should have experience or training in testing of said items in an institution or laboratory approved by the appointing authority for a period of not less than six months; (ib) the person appointed under clause(a) or (b) but not having degree in the above subjects should have experience or training in testing of said Schedule C drugs for a period of not less than three years in an institution or laboratory approved by the appointing authority or have completed two years training on testing of drugs including items stated in Schedule C in Central Drugs Laboratory;] ____________________________________________________________________