ISRAEL Law and Practice Contributed by: Lior Glassman, Matan Kovacs, Alexandra Cohen and Tamar Morag Sela, Reinhold Cohn Group
8.5 Regulation of Prescriptions and Dispensing by Pharmacies The Physicians Regulations (Provision of Pre- scription) of 1981 lists the details to be included in a prescription and allows such to be issued digitally. When it comes to dispensing prescrip- tions, the Pharmacists Ordinance of 1981 pro- vides that – unless the physician clearly states that the preparation is not to be switched – the pharmacist may provide a generic product thereof and must advise the patient which addi- tional generics for that preparation are available at the dispensing pharmacy. In practice, HMOs instruct their physicians – when possible – to not include such clear state- ments in their prescriptions so that pharmacists dispense generic preparations rather than refer- ence preparations, thus curbing spending.
183 CHAMBERS.COM
Powered by FlippingBook