Under proposed amendments to the Poisons Act 1952, doctors, dentists, and vets violating mandatory prescriptions upon request face maximum...
Tag: mandatory prescriptions upon request
27 August 2020
Government Defers Second Reading Of Poisons Bill
The Poisons (Amendment) 2019 Bill proposes incarcerating doctors, dentists, and vets who decline to issue drug prescriptions requested by...
Medical groups will continue to oppose the Poisons (Amendment) 2019 Bill if it remains the same as the one...
MPs will also raise issues on Covid-19, contract doctors, and mental health among others.
27 February 2020
Interrupted Health Policies And Laws When Pakatan Fell
Deregulation of medical practitioners’ consultation fees, jail for not issuing prescriptions upon request, drug price controls, promotion of contract...
The Poisons amendment Bill will be revised to specify prescriptions upon request instead — with no threat of jail...
The Ministry of Health is meeting doctors and other stakeholders today to discuss proposed amendments to the Poisons Act...
The Health Ministry will call a stakeholders’ engagement meeting on Feb 13 to discuss proposed amendments to the Poisons...
31 December 2019
Prescription And Good Dispensing Practice
No other country criminalises a refusal to provide a prescription upon request.
MPCAM says if drug prescriptions are made mandatory, then chain pharmacies must be prohibited from owning a clinic.