South Korea Pharmacy Act (약사법) — Veterinary Drug Compounding by Veterinarians
Source: Pharmacy Act (약사법), Republic of Korea, first-hand text from the Ministry of Government Legislation national law portal (law.go.kr), rendered via Seoul relay Playwright on 2026-07-24. Status: in force.
Under the Pharmacy Act, the compounding of drugs is generally reserved to pharmacists and Korean-medicine practitioners. Chapter 4 (Pharmacies and Compounding) and Article 23 (Compounding of Drugs) contain a specific carve-out: a veterinarian (수의사) may personally compound veterinary drugs (동물용 의약품) for their own treatment use. The claim below is a verbatim Korean sentence from Article 23 as published on law.go.kr.
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)
자신이 치료용으로 사용하는 한약 및 한약제제를 자신이 직접 조제하거나 수의사가 자신이 치료용으로 사용하는 동물용 의약품을 자신이 직접 조제하는 경우에는 제23조제1항 및 제2항의 개정규정에도 불구하고 이를 조제할 수 있다.(Notwithstanding the amended provisions of Article 23(1) and (2), a person who directly compounds crude drugs/herbal preparations for their own treatment use, or a veterinarian who directly compounds veterinary drugs (동물용 의약품) for their own treatment use, may compound them.)제23조(의약품 조제) ①약사 및 한약사가 아니면 의약품을 조제할 수 없으며, 약사 및 한약사는 각각 면허 범위에서 의약품을 조제하여야 한다.(Article 23 (Compounding of Drugs) (1): a pharmacist and a herbalist may not compound drugs otherwise, and shall compound drugs within their respective licence scope.)
Source: pdf-raw/kr-vet-drug/pharmacy_act.txt — first-hand Pharmacy Act text (law.go.kr), pulled 2026-07-24 via Seoul relay Playwright.