Affiliations: University of Granada, Granada, Spain. E-mail: bombillar@ugr.es
Abstract: This paper defends that it is necessary to regulate the cross-border
healthcare in the European Union, and, specifically, the recognition of
medical prescriptions issued in other Member States. And this, obviously,
without neglecting the Public Health protection, verifying the authenticity
of the medical prescriptions, whether they were issued by a qualified
professional legally entitled to do so or facilitating the correct
identification of medicinal products or medical devices prescribed on them;
avoiding any restriction to their recognition, unless their purpose is to
protect the Public Health, based in legitimate and justified doubts on the
authenticity, content or intelligibility of a certain medical prescription
or due to ethical reasons for the dispensing pharmacist.
Keywords: European Union, cross-border healthcare, medical prescription, recognition