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Chile Mulls Tougher Dispensing Rules
May 2006 | Legal NewsSorry, you must be a subscriber to view this article in full. If you are a subscriber please login.
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A Senate committee in Chile is to examine stiffer penalties for falsifying prescriptions. The plans could grant scripts the same legal status as government documents, thus implying a short prison sentence and a fine for falsification. The measures - which appear likely to succeed - are part of the country's new National Medicines Policy, which envisages tighter regulation of the pharmaceuticals sector. Further plans include better controls on prescribing rights. Currently, drug prescription is officially restricted to dentists, senior nurses and doctors in