Subsection 1: Common provisions

The prescription of medicinal products or products intended for human medicine mentioned in the present section is written, after examination of the patient, on a prescription and indicates legibly : 1° The surname and forenames, position and, where appropriate, the title or speciality of the prescriber as defined in article R. 5121-91, his identifier where available, his business address specifying “France”, his telephone number preceded by the international dialling code…

Prescriptions drawn up at the request of a patient with a view to use in another Member State of the European Union include the information provided for in 1°, 3° and 7° of article R. 5132-3 and also indicate: 1° The common name of the medicinal product prescribed, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 5125-55, as well as the dosage of the medicinal product prescribed; 2° The brand…

The order for professional use of medicinal products intended for human medicine mentioned in this section must indicate legibly : 1° The name, title, registration number, address and signature of the practitioner, as well as the date ; 2° The name and quantity of the medicinal product or product; 3° The words: “Professional use”. The prescriber must sign immediately below the last line of the prescription or render unusable the…

Prescriptions and all orders for professional use of medicinal products or products intended for human medicine or medicinal products intended for veterinary medicine, classified as narcotics or subject to narcotics regulations, are written on a prescription that meets the technical specifications laid down, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, by order of the Minister for…

For any medicinal product that may give rise to a conditional dispensing prescription as referred to in article L. 5121-12-1-1, and without prejudice to the information provided for in article R. 5132-3, the prescriber, when he considers it necessary to use such a prescription, shall indicate on it the medical biology examinations or rapid diagnostic tests to be carried out, the results to be obtained, authorising the dispensing of the…