The purpose of the cross-border e-prescription is to facilitate the purchase of the necessary prescription outside the country in which it was issued. It is a convenient solution for people from Europe or working in another country. How to use a cross-border e-prescription?
Cross-border e-prescription. What does it enable and how to use it?
Polish patients can use the cross-border e-prescription in Croatia, Finland, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Spain (this applies to pharmacies in the region of Madrid, Canary Islands, Basque Country, Catalonia, Extremadura, Aragon, Valencia, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia). On its basis, we can also buy medicines in EFTA countries, i.e. in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. In Poland, a cross-border prescription can be filled by citizens of: Portugal, Estonia, Finland, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Spain.
If we want to use a cross-border e-prescription, we must make some changes to our Patient’s Internet Account (you must agree there to service prescriptions abroad). After making certain changes, the e-prescription will be available on IKP or in the MojeIKP application. It will not change visually, it will not have any markings, and it will become a cross-border prescription only after it has been implemented in another country.
Please note that the doctor will only issue an e-prescription to an adult. Children can only get a cross-border prescription on paper.
Cross-border e-prescription. What drugs can be bought abroad?
Outside the country where the prescription was issued, patients can buy drugs from the “Rp” category, i.e. prescribed by a doctor, or from the “OTC” category, i.e. dispensed without a prescription, as well as reimbursed and non-reimbursed. We will not fill prescriptions abroad for psychotropic, narcotic, prescription drugs or medicinal products from the “RPZ” category (dispensed with a doctor’s prescription for restricted use).
Source: Gazeta
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