Classification in the category of medicinal products for which prescription is reserved for certain specialist doctors has the following effects:
1° The prescription or initial prescription of the medicinal product is reserved for doctors who have been awarded a specialist qualification under the conditions set out in decree no. 2004-252 of 19 March 2004 relating to the conditions under which doctors of medicine may obtain a specialist qualification;
2° In the event that the initial prescription of the medicinal product is reserved for certain specialist doctors, the treatment may, after the first prescription, be renewed by any doctor under the conditions of ordinary law. The renewal prescription, when written by a prescriber other than those authorised to write the first prescription, contains the same information as the initial prescription. If necessary, it may include a change in the dosage or duration of treatment.