S.L. 458.49 ст. 4Dispensing of prescription. Cap. 458. Cap. 458. Cap. 458.

(1) It shall not be lawful for any person, not being a pharmacist duly licensed to practise in Malta, to dispense a prescribed product against a prescription.

(2) It shall not be lawful for any pharmacist to dispense any product to which these regulations apply except on a prescription issued from persons duly authorized under article 81 of the Medicines Act, unless the product is deemed by the Licensing Authority not to require a prescription.

(3) Verbal instructions over the telephone shall not be accepted and honored unless the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) that the pharmacist is satisfied that the verbal instruction over the telephone is being requested by a person duly authorized under article 81 of the Medicines Act, who by reason of an emergency is unable to furnish a prescription immediately;

(b) that the prescriber undertakes to furnish the pharmacist with a prescription complying with the provisions of rule 3 within forty-eight hours of the verbal instructions;

(c) that the product is dispensed in accordance with the directions of the prescriber; and

(d) that an entry is made into any record kept under the Medicines Act: Provided that these conditions shall not apply to narcotic or psychotropic substances.

(4) It shall not be lawful for any pharmacist to dispense a product against a prescription after the expiry of six months from the date specified in rule 3(b), unless it is a repeat prescription, in which case it shall only be dispensed other than in accordance with the directions contained in the repeat prescriptions.

(5) If a prescription is more than six months old, the patient shall be referred to the prescriber for reassessment.

(6) In the case of antibiotics, the prescription shall not be dispensed after ten days from the date of issue of the prescription.