The Act on Medicinal Products, the Profession of Pharmacy, and Pharmaceutical Establishments, which was recently passed, tightened restrictions and penalties for pharmacists in violation of controls for the sale of prescription-provided drugs, narcotic drugs and controlled substances.

He also specified controls and penalties regulating the sale of medicines in pharmacies, including a fine of up to one million dirhams in the event of fraud or imitation of a medical product, in addition to a temporary prison. The same penalty included cases of counterfeiting of healthy foods and cosmetic products with a medical return.

The law also stipulated penalties for selling expired drugs, and cases of tampering with the price of selling drugs.

In detail, Federal Law No. (8) of 2019 emphasized that “the licensed pharmacist may not dispense medical products without a prescription, if their dispensing requires that.” Specifying conditions for the prescription, including that they are documented in a clear or printed line, issued by a practitioner. Licensed healthcare profession.

The law established a set of disciplinary penalties for violations committed by practitioners of the pharmacy profession to the law, including: written warning, written warning, and a fine of no less than 1,000 dirhams and no more than 500,000 dirhams, the suspension of the license to practice the profession for a period not exceeding one year, and revocation of the license.

The law stated that he shall be punished with imprisonment for a period of no less than six months and not exceeding a year, and a fine of no less than 50 thousand and no more than 200 thousand dirhams, or one of these two penalties for anyone who violates any of the provisions of the articles that define the controls for the exchange of controlled medicines, and products Medicines that contain narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and stipulated that “a licensed pharmacist in charge of managing a pharmacy may not exchange materials or controlled products for medical use except for patients under a prescription issued by a licensed human doctor, or for owners of sick animals according to a prescription issued by a licensed veterinarian , Or for doctors on the basis of signed requests Among them includes a pledge that the amounts they order from these controlled or dangerous products are for use in their clinics.

It also stipulated that “a practitioner of one of the health care professions licensed to edit the prescription may not release himself, his wife or relatives up to the second degree of a prescription for controlled substances and products.”

The Law on Medical Products, the profession of pharmacy, and pharmaceutical establishments prohibited the pharmacist from repeating the prescription containing the controlled and semi-controlled substances, and they have the property of accumulation in the body or lead to habituation to use or addiction unless it is an indication of repeated exchange from those who issued it, within the limits of varieties. Products for which a decision is issued by the Minister.

Whoever deceives or imitates a medical product, raw or chemical material, health food, or cosmetic product with a medical return, or sells it to others or illegally brought to a person, shall be punished with temporary imprisonment and a fine of no less than 200,000 dirhams and not exceeding one million dirhams. Country.

Whoever violates the price approved by the Ministry for medical products, the penalty is doubled in the case of recidivism, a pharmacist or pharmacy technician who is not licensed, or has obtained a license based on fraud or fraud.

Conditions for dispensing controlled medicines

The Medical Products Act, the profession of pharmacy and pharmaceutical establishments stipulated that: “The pharmacist may not dispense prescriptions, which include medicinal products that contain narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, unless they fulfill the following conditions:

1- That the recipe be written on the form prepared and numbered by the Ministry,

Or the concerned authority, according to jurisdiction.

2- It should be written in a non-erasable or changeable material or printed electronically.

3- It includes the name of the commercial product, the name of the active ingredient, and the amount of the product

The dose is in numbers and letters, the method and duration of its use and the patient's name

The trio, its age and address.

4- The prescribed dose should not exceed what was stated in the applicable scientific references

In the Ministry of Health.

- The law tightened penalties for selling expired drugs and tampering with pricing.

Whoever violates the health-approved price for medical products, shall be punished with a fine not exceeding 100,000 dirhams.