A person licensed to practice the profession of pharmacy may not commit an act that violates the duties of the profession or violates the requirements of honesty or honour. He is specifically prohibited from the following: 1. Doing any act that undermines the dignity of the profession, such as unfair competition, indecent appearance, or smoking in the workplace. 2. To inform anyone of the diseases revealed by the medical prescription submitted to him or of the medicines included in this prescription that have come to his knowledge in any other way due to his practice of his profession, except in accordance with what is required by the laws in force in the State. 3. Using illegal methods to induce patients to purchase Medical Products from the Establishment in which he works. 4. Preventing Medical Products from being traded, hidden or sold at a price different from the price set by the EDE. 5. Changing the quantity, type and form of the Medical Products in his possession, in violation of the provisions stipulated in this Decree-Law. 6. Selling Medical Products that are unfit for consumption, defective, expired, or have not obtained Marketing Approval from the EDE, or that are known to be adulterated or smuggled and have been brought into the State illegally. 7. Practicing medical or healthcare activities that he is not licensed to practice, such as nursing or diagnosing diseases, except for those related to first aid as specified in the Executive Regulations of this Decree-Law. 8. Dispensing Medical Products that require a prescription without a prescription. 9. Dispensing prescriptions with a symbol or sign that is not scientifically agreed upon. 10. Agreement with a physician or Healthcare Practitioner authorized to prescribe Medical Products to write prescriptions in a special manner or with other marks agreed upon between them. 11. Insulting or criticizing any health professional in front of others.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.