Doctors established in a commune where there is no pharmacy may be authorised by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who will inform the State representative in the département, to keep a stock of medicines on their premises, and to dispense to the people for whom they provide care, the reimbursable and non-reimbursable medicines, as well as the medical devices necessary to continue the treatment they have prescribed, according to a list drawn up by the Minister of Health, after consulting the National Council of the Order of Doctors and the National Council of the Order of Pharmacists. This authorisation must only be granted when required in the interests of public health.
Any doctor replacing a doctor who has been granted authorisation to practise propharmacy is automatically granted this same authorisation for the duration of the replacement.
Any doctor setting up in the same practice as a doctor with authorisation to practise as a propharmacist is automatically granted the same authorisation to practise in that practice.
It specifies the localities in which home delivery of medicines is also authorised.
The authorisation is withdrawn as soon as a pharmacy is set up in one of the localities mentioned in the authorisation.
Doctors who have been granted authorisation to practise propharmacy are subject to all the legislative and regulatory obligations incumbent on pharmacists.
Under no circumstances may they have a pharmacy open to the public. They must only dispense medicines prescribed by them during their consultation.