This provision is set out in the draft of the new Law on Pharmaceutical Activities. It provides the legal framework for expanding the role of pharmacies within the healthcare system and introduces a number of innovations.
For instance, it provides for the establishment of regional dispensing centres based on a hub-and-spoke model. These centres will be able to dispense, label and package medicines according to named prescriptions, including repeat prescriptions, for associated pharmacies. Such centres will not be able to dispense medicines to patients, as the pharmacy will continue to be responsible for checking prescriptions, providing advice and dispensing medicines.
Another new measure will be the recognition in Moldova of prescriptions issued in EU countries, provided the medicine is authorised for sale on the Moldovan market. This excludes medicines subject to special prescribing and control regimes.
In addition, community pharmacies will be required to accept expired and unused medicines from the public free of charge. This waste must be stored separately, recorded and handed over to authorised operators for disposal.
It will be prohibited to dispose of medicines with household waste or to pour them down the drain. The government will establish the procedures for funding the collection, transport and disposal of pharmaceutical waste.
Support for rural pharmacies is expected to be provided through separate funding mechanisms, tariff concessions or payments for pharmaceutical services, without increasing surcharges for rural residents.
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