Doctors, dental surgeons, midwives and veterinary surgeons may only have medicines classified as narcotics issued and held for their professional use up to the limit of a provision for urgent care.
This provision is determined, after consultation with the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, by order of the Minister for Health.
This provision is constituted and replenished by orders for professional use under the conditions provided for in the third paragraph of article R. 5132-4 or in VI of article R. 5141-111 for veterinary surgeons and in article R. 5132-29.
A quarterly statement indicating the names of the practitioners and the nature and quantities of the medicinal products dispensed is sent by the dispensing pharmacist to his regional health agency.