The prescription is valid on the day it is issued. If the validity period needs to be extended under special circumstances, the prescribing physician shall indicate the validity period, but the validity period shall not exceed 3 days at most.

Prescriptions should generally not exceed a 7-day dosage; emergency prescriptions should generally not exceed a 3-day dosage; for certain chronic diseases, geriatric diseases or special circumstances, the prescription dosage can be appropriately extended, but the physician should indicate the reasons.

Physicians shall issue prescriptions based on medical, preventive and health care needs and in accordance with the diagnosis and treatment specifications and drug indications, pharmacological effects, usage, dosage, contraindications, adverse reactions and precautions in the drug instructions. Prescriptions for medical toxic drugs and radioactive drugs must strictly comply with relevant laws, regulations and rules.

Prescriptions should generally not exceed a 7-day dosage; emergency prescriptions should generally not exceed a 3-day dosage; for certain chronic diseases, geriatric diseases or special circumstances, the prescription dosage can be appropriately extended, but the physician should indicate the reasons.

Extended information

A registered medical practitioner obtains corresponding prescription rights at the place of practice. Prescriptions issued by assistant physicians must be signed or stamped with a special signature by a practicing physician before they are valid; however, assistant physicians who independently engage in general practice activities in medical institutions in towns, villages, and villages may obtain corresponding prescription rights at the registered practice location.

Doctors can only issue prescriptions after signing a sample or special signature and seal at a registered medical institution.

Physicians can obtain the right to prescribe narcotic drugs and Class I psychotropic drugs after passing the examination; pharmacists can obtain the dispensing qualification of narcotic drugs and Class I psychotropic drugs after passing the examination.

Prescriptions issued by persons on probation must be reviewed and signed or stamped with a special seal by a licensed physician in the medical institution where they are located that has the right to prescribe prescriptions before they are valid.

Training doctors will be granted the corresponding prescribing rights after the medical institution receiving the training determines their actual competence in the professional work

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