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What it checks (RD 1718/2010)
Prescriber: name, registration number (compulsory), specialty, practice, and signature or stamp. · Medicine: brand name or active ingredient, dose form, strength, number of packs and dosage instructions. · Patient: name and age. · General: date of issue (a private prescription is valid for 90 days) and no crossings-out. It ends on one of three: 🟢 can be dispensed, 🟡 with caution or 🔴 cannot be dispensed, and flags controlled drugs, prior authorisation, biologicals and narrow therapeutic index medicines.
Frequently asked questions
What does a Spanish private prescription have to contain?
The prescriber’s details (name, registration number, signature or stamp), the patient’s (name and age), the medicine (brand name or active ingredient, dose form, strength, number of packs and dosage instructions) and the date of issue. It is valid for 90 days from issue, except for controlled drugs.
Can it be dispensed without a registration number?
No. The prescriber’s registration number is compulsory on a Spanish private prescription (RD 1718/2010). Without it the prescription cannot be dispensed: it goes back to the prescriber, or you ask for the College stamp.
Does it work for controlled drugs?
No. Controlled drugs need the official special prescription form and an entry in the controlled drugs register; they are not dispensed on an ordinary private prescription. The tool flags this as an alert.
Does this replace the pharmacist’s judgement?
No. It supports the decision; responsibility for dispensing always rests with the pharmacist in charge.
I am not in Spain. Is this still useful?
Only if you are dispensing in Spain. The checklist is Spanish law, not a general one — the requirements for a private prescription differ from country to country. The tool is here in English for anyone dispensing in a Spanish pharmacy who would rather read it in English, and for prescriptions written abroad that are presented in one.