By virtue of the powers vested in the Dangerous Drugs Board under Section 36(a) of Republic Act No. 6425, as amended, and for the purpose of implementing the last sentence of Section 25(b) of the same Act, the following rules and regulations on the filling of prescriptions for dangerous drugs are hereby issued.

SECTION 1.       Whenever a prescription for dangerous drugs is filled by a drugstore, it shall be the duty of the drugstore owner to cause the words "USED IN FULL" to be stamped in bold prints diagonally across the original copy of said prescription in case the full quantity of the drug therein stated is sold, and the words "USED FOR _______ ONLY (indicating here number of tablets, capsules, etc. actually sold), in case the quantity of the drug therein stated is not fully sold.

SECTION 2.       Violation of this regulation shall be a ground for disauthorizing the drugstore concerned to sell dangerous drugs.

SECTION 3.       This Regulation shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 31 July 1973

(SGD.) CLEMENTE S. GAIMAITAN, M.D., M.P.H.
Chairman