A prescription for a medicinal product for a period of treatment of more than one month must indicate, in order for the cost of this medicinal product to be reimbursed, either the number of times the prescription may be renewed for periods of no more than one month, or three months for medicinal products packaged for a period of treatment of more than one month, or the total period of treatment, up to a maximum of twelve months. For contraceptive medicines, the prescription may be renewed for periods of up to three months, regardless of packaging.
In order to enable them to be managed, the pharmacist may not dispense a single quantity of medicinal products corresponding to a treatment period of more than four weeks or thirty days, depending on the packaging. However, medicinal products packaged for a treatment period of more than one month may be dispensed for this period, up to a limit of three months. In addition, contraceptive medicinal products, regardless of their packaging, may be dispensed for a period of twelve weeks.