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Article R5132-7 of the French Public Health Code

Doctors, veterinary surgeons and the groups defined in article L. 5143-6 who are authorised to supply medicinal products are subject to the obligations imposed on pharmacists by this chapter, subject, for veterinary surgeons, to the provisions of the third paragraph of article R. 5141-112.

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Article R5132-8 of the French Public Health Code

A proprietary medicinal product covered by the regulations on poisonous substances may not be unpackaged by the dispensing pharmacist with a view to its incorporation into a magistral preparation. This prohibition does not apply to medicinal products intended to be applied to the skin. By way of exception, a magistral preparation may be made from a proprietary medicinal product in compliance with the conditions set out in the good preparation…

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Article R5132-9 of the French Public Health Code

The persons authorised to fill prescriptions or orders containing medicinal products other than preparations covered by this section must transcribe them immediately, in ink, without blanks or overwriting, into a register or record them immediately using any appropriate system which does not allow the data contained therein to be altered once their recording has been validated. The recording systems allow the information provided for in article R. 5132-10 to be…

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Article R5132-10 of the French Public Health Code

Transcripts or records shall include a different serial number for each medicinal product supplied under this section and shall mention : 1° The name and address of the prescriber or the person placing the order and, as appropriate : a) The name and address of the patient, subject to the provisions of Article L. 3414-1 ; b) The name and address of the keeper of the animal(s); c) The words:…

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Article R5132-12 of the French Public Health Code

A quantity of medicinal products corresponding to a treatment period of more than four weeks or one month of thirty days, depending on the packaging, may not be dispensed on a single occasion. However, medicinal products packaged for a treatment period of more than one month may be dispensed for this period, up to a maximum of three months. In addition, contraceptive medicines, regardless of their packaging, may be dispensed…

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Article R5132-13 of the French Public Health Code

After dispensing, the prescription or order form must bear : 1° The pharmacy stamp ; 2° The registration number(s) provided for in article R. 5132-10 ; 3° The date of dispensing; 4° The quantities dispensed; 5° Where applicable, the information provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 5125-53.

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Article R5132-14 of the French Public Health Code

Renewal of the supply of a medicinal product or preparation covered by this section may only take place after a specific period of time resulting from the dosage and quantities previously supplied. Renewal is subject to a new registration. When the renewal is made by the same dispenser, the registration may consist solely of the number relating to the previous dispensing. The same indications as those listed in article R….

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Article R5132-15 of the French Public Health Code

The outer packaging of medicinal products covered by this section shall include : 1° If the medicinal product is intended for humans, a white space, surrounded by a coloured line, in which the dispensing pharmacist or doctor writes the prescribed dosage; if it is a medicinal product classified as a narcotic or subject to narcotic regulations, the dispensing pharmacist or doctor also writes his name, address and the reference number…

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