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Medicines Act 1981

Enforcement

76A: Offences in relation to authorised prescribers and delegated prescribers

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"It's against the law to bribe doctors or nurses to write prescriptions"

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You commit an offence if you are a pharmacist, or you operate a pharmacy, and you give money or other rewards to an authorised prescriber or a delegated prescriber for writing prescriptions. This is against the Medicines Act 1981. You must not give them any money or rewards for prescriptions.

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Part 5Enforcement

76AOffences in relation to authorised prescribers and delegated prescribers

  1. Every pharmacist, person licensed to operate a pharmacy, or operator or manager of a pharmacy commits an offence against this Act who gives, offers, or agrees to give to any authorised prescriber or to any delegated prescriber or to any other person any money or other consideration as a commission on prescriptions.

Compare
  • 1970 No 143 s 49(1)(a)
Notes
  • Section 76A: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Medicines Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 50).
  • Section 76A heading: amended, on , by section 30(1) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).
  • Section 76A: amended, on , by section 30(2) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).