Singapore legislation

Regulation 11

of Health Products (Therapeutic Products) Regulations 2016

Regulation 11

Supply by retail sale of prescription-only medicine

Amended byS 811/2023 wef 18/12/2023S 119/2018 wef 01/03/2018S 691/2024 wef 04/09/2024

A person must not supply by retail sale any prescription-only medicine unless —

(a)

the supply is made at or from a licensed retail pharmacy in accordance with regulation 3(1) and (2) of the Health Products (Licensing of Retail Pharmacies) Regulations 2016 (G.N. No. S 330/2016);

(b)

the supply is made by a healthcare service licensee to a patient of the healthcare service licensee, and is in accordance with the written instructions of a qualified practitioner or collaborative prescribing practitioner who is a personnel of the healthcare service licensee;

(c)

the following requirements are satisfied:

(i)

the person is a qualified practitioner or collaborative prescribing practitioner, or a person acting in accordance with the oral or written instructions of a qualified practitioner or collaborative prescribing practitioner;

(ii)

the supply is made to a patient under the care of the qualified practitioner or collaborative prescribing practitioner; or

(d)

the person is specified in the first column of item 1, 2, 2A or 2B of Part 1 of the Third Schedule, the prescription‑only medicine is of the type specified in the corresponding paragraph in the second column of that Schedule, and the supply is in accordance with the conditions specified in the corresponding paragraph in the third column of that Schedule.