S.L. 101.2 чл. 7Conditions to dispense drugs.

(1) No person other than an apothecary shall dispense a prescription for the drugs.

(2) No apothecary shall dispense a prescription for the drugs unless -

(a) he is acquainted with the signature of the person by whom it purports to have been issued, and he has no reason to suppose that it is not genuine and he has taken reasonable steps to satisfy himself that it is genuine; and

(b) the prescription complies with the provisions of rule 6.

(3) The drugs shall not be supplied more than once on the same prescription.

(4) An apothecary dispensing a prescription for the drugs shall fill in a clear and legible hand in ink or other indelible material Part C of the form set out in the First Schedule, supply all the details and give all the information as therein required, and the apothecary shall add his signature in full and the date, and shall after dispensing the prescription, retain it.

(5) For the purpose of sub-rule (4), an apothecary dispensing a prescription for the drugs shall request the legally valid identification document of the person in respect of whom the prescription has been issued, the person who intends to acquire the drugs whether for himself or on behalf of the person to whom the drugs have been prescribed shall present the said identification document as well as his own legally valid identification document together with the prescription:

Provided that the provision of this sub-rule, and the relative part of the provision of sub-rule (4) shall not apply in respect of a person who has not yet been issued with a legally valid identification document.

(6) Every managing apothecary of a licensed dispensary shall send to the Superintendent of Public Health in a sealed envelope on the first day of every month all the prescriptions for the drugs dispensed from that dispensary during the preceding month. That envelope shall be addressed "Superintendent of Public Health, Department of Health, Valletta" and may be marked "Public Health Notifications" for the purpose of exemption from postage.

(7) (a) In the case of eprescriptions, the pharmacist shall access the electronic system by the applicable official verification.

(b) The pharmacist must ensure that the prescription was sent by the official electronic system and fill in the details specified by these rules in the manner that is required by the electronic system.