Communiqué on private prescription.

Madrid, January 2013- As a result of the confusing information that are circulating on the new model of private prescription (Royal Decree 1718 / 2010), the medical collegiate organization wants to make the following clarifications:

the prescription is the document health status, standardized and mandatory whereby doctorsdentists or podiatrists, legally empowered to do so, and in the scope of their respective competences, prescribe patients drugs or health products subject to medical prescription, for its dispensation in pharmacies.

The recipe is valid throughout the national territory and is published in the official language of the State and the respective minority language in the autonomous communities which have, in accordance with the regulations; and it ensures that prescribed treatment can be dispensed to the patient at any pharmacy in the country office.

The prescription as standard document supposed a fundamental means for the transmission of information between health care professionals and a guarantee for the patient, allowing a correct therapeutic compliance and obtaining the maximum of treatment efficiency.

Competent in the field of prescription entities are identified in articles 2.1 and 4.3 of the Royal Decree and are:

-entities that provide services within the scope of the national health system, including the special arrangements of the mutuality of civilian officials of the State (MUFACE), of the Instituto Social de las Fuerzas Armadas (ISFAS) and of the Judicial General mutual (MUGEJU).

-other entities, medical consultations, establishments or similar health services, public or private, including the employees of the network health military from the Ministry of defence, as well as health centers and prisons. These entities are those included in the catalog and General Register of centres, health services and facilities provided for in Royal Decree 1277 / 2003, of 10 October.

-General Councils of the collegiate organizations of doctors, dentists, podiatrists and nurses with private activity and/or free exercise professional, will be responsible for editingmanagement, control and inspection of the printing, distribution and delivery of books and printouts of prescriptions. Likewise, they shall take whatever measures are necessary in order to avoid or correct any fraud, abuse, corruption or deviation in this matter.

Of the above above we can conclude: that the corresponding General Council is competent, exclusively, in cases where professional exercises on their own; cannot be considered competent in any case entities which are not considered centers, service or health establishments, as for example, health insurance companies or computer services companies.

The unique platform of dispensation, developed by the WTO to comply with the responsibility that gives the Royal Decree, is based on the electronic verification code unique for each recipe, linked to the filiation of the medical prescriber and a registration number of each recipe of national scopeensuring measures of safety and traceability required.

This system is the only one that offers guarantees a:

-users/patients, certifying that the prescriber is enabled for professional practice and has recognized and registered his specialty.

-professionals because: certifies professional Habilitation, prescribes in a document that complies with the rules and avoid intrusiveness and fraud.

-to other competent institutionsoffering a shared responsibility to certify that the prescriber is enabled for professional practice and has recognized and registered his specialty at the time of the prescription.

-offices of dispensation, certifying that the prescriber is enabled for professional practice and has recognized and registered his specialty at the time of prescribing.

Currently, there are various initiatives issue from private prescription, which can be localized with a simple search on the internet or that are coming directly to medical schools and colleges via e-mail, which evidence still more need our system. In particular, through its EVIDENCE CLOUD web MiBox Technology, S.L. company announces issuance of recipes, service that is advertised as freeware service and service which does not reveal the existence of any control with respect to the identification of the registered medical practitioner, nor of their professional qualification and, with serious doubts about compliance with measures of security and data protection regulations.

The infringement of the aforementioned regulation entails coupled relevant administrative sanctions, without prejudice to the corporate or legal measures that can be undertaken against individuals and entities violating.