Question & AnswerQ&A (DOH ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2012- 0002)
The authorized professionals are physicians, dentists, veterinarians, or practitioners who have a valid S2 License duly issued by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
The purpose is to control the prescription of dangerous drugs by ensuring that prescriptions are written on special forms that improve monitoring, utilization, and access, thus preventing abuse and unlawful prescriptions.
The DOH Central Office, through the Special Concerns Technical Cluster (SCTC) and the Dangerous Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Program (DDAPTP), is responsible for forecasting demand, estimating funding, including pads in the procurement plan, coordinating printing, preparing allocation lists, storage, delivery, distribution, safekeeping records, and informing distribution sites of shipments.
The information includes the name of the physician/dentist/veterinarian, S2 license number, residential address, hospital/clinic/business address, and residential and business telephone numbers.
A maximum of ten (10) yellow prescription pad booklets can be sold to an authorized S2 License holder at any given time.
Unnecessary prescription (Section 18) entails imprisonment of 12 to 20 years and fines ranging from P100,000 to P500,000. Unlawful prescription (Section 19) carries life imprisonment to death and fines from P500,000 to P10,000,000.
They must present a valid Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC) License Identification Card and a valid S2 License issued by PDEA.
The professional must submit a written report within two weeks describing the loss, an affidavit of loss, and an original or duplicate police report (blotter) to the distribution site for replacement purchase eligibility.
One booklet costs P250. Hospitals retain and utilize income from sales in accordance with accounting and auditing rules. Proceeds from CHDs and DDB are subject to usual auditing and accounting rules.