M4L1-DISPENSING LEC

Section 30. Dispensing/Sale of Pharmaceutical Products. 

• No pharmaceutical product shall be compounded, dispensed, sold or resold, or otherwise made available to the consuming public, except through a retail drug outlet duly licensed by the FDA.

• Prescription drugs and pharmacist-only OTC medicines shall be dispensed only by a duly registered and licensed pharmacist, except in emergency cases, where the services of a registered and licensed pharmacist are not available: Provided, That a report shall be made to the supervising pharmacist within twenty-four (24) hours after the occurrence of the emergency so that product recording in the prescription books can be done.

• Compounding and dispensing shall be done only by duly registered and licensed pharmacists, in accordance with current Good Manufacturing Practice, laboratory practice, Philippine Practice Standards for Pharmacists, and dispensing guidelines. A registered and licensed pharmacist may refuse to compound, dispense or sell drugs and pharmaceutical products, if not in accordance with this Act and the abovementioned standards.

• Licensed manufacturers, importers, distributors, and wholesalers of pharmaceutical products are authorized to sell their products only to duly licensed pharmaceutical outlets.

Section 33. Filling and Partial Filling of Prescription. 

• All prescriptions and pharmacist-only OTC medicines shall be filled, compounded, and dispensed only by a registered and licensed pharmacist, in accordance with the Philippine Practice Standards for Pharmacists, Dispensing Guidelines, and other standards on purity, safety, and quality.
  Completely filled prescriptions should be surrendered to the pharmacist for recording.

• Partial filling of prescriptions (less than the total quantity) shall be allowed, following the dispensing guidelines.
  The pharmacist dispensing the last quantity must keep the prescription according to proper recording guidelines.

• Prescription medicines may be dispensed only by a duly registered and licensed pharmacist and only with a valid prescription from a physician, dentist, or veterinarian.

Administrative Order No. 63 s. of 1989, “Rules and Regulations to Implement Dispensing Requirements under the Generics Act of 1988 (RA 6675),”

defines Dispensing as the act by a validly-registered pharmacist of filling a prescription or a doctor’s order on the patient’s chart.

Pharmacist

• The ______ is the only person authorized by law to dispense medications to patients.

• Medications are prescribed by licensed physicians for the prevention, treatment, cure, mitigation, or diagnosis of diseases.

• The prescription or medication order written by the physician must be presented to the _______ for proper filling.

• The prescription received by the _____ should be read, checked, and dispensed to the patient in legal establishments such as drugstores and hospital pharmacies.

Dispensing

• refers to the process of preparing and giving medicine to a named person on the basis of a prescription. 

• It includes all the steps necessary to translate a medication order (prescription) into an individualized medication supply that is both safe and appropriate.

Prescriptions and medication orders

• Prescriptions are the primary means by which prescribers communicate with pharmacists regarding the desired treatment regimen for a patient.

• Prescriptions are used in the outpatient or ambulatory setting, whereas medication orders are used in the inpatient or institutional health system setting.

• Prescriptions and inpatient orders are legal orders that can be used for medications, devices, laboratory tests, procedures, and the like.

• Prescriptions and medication orders can be handwritten, typed, reprinted, or entered into a computer program and submitted to the pharmacy by the patient, caregiver, fax, computer, or other electronic means.

• They may be for over-the-counter (OTC) or legend (prescription) drugs.