Article 55. Procedure for Medicinal Products Retail

1. Retailing of the medicinal products in such quantities as necessary to fulfill physician’s (physician assistant’s) prescriptions or the prescription of a veterinarian is carried out by pharmacy institutions, veterinary pharmacy institutions, individual entrepreneurs licensed to carry out pharmaceutical activity, medical organizations having a license for pharmaceutical activity and their separate subdivisions (ambulance stations, paramedic’s and paramedical-obstetric centers, centres (departments) of general (family) practice) located in rural settlements which have no pharmacy offices, and veterinary organizations licensed to carry out pharmaceutical activity. Only medicinal products registered in the Russian Federation or compounded by pharmacy institutions, veterinary pharmacy institutions, individual entrepreneurs licensed to carry out pharmaceutical activity are allowed to be retailed.

2. The types of pharmacy institutions and the rules of dispensation of medicinal products for medical use through pharmacy institutions, individual entrepreneurs licensed to carry out pharmaceutical activity, as well as the rules of dispensation of medicinal products for through medical organizations having a license for pharmaceutical activity and their separate subdivisions (ambulance stations, paramedic’s and paramedical-obstetric centers,, centres (departments) of general (family) practice) located in rural settlements which have no pharmacy offices shall be approved by the authorized federal executive body.

3. The rules of dispensation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances registered as medicinal products, and of medicinal products containing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances shall be approved by the authorized federal executive body by agreement with the federal executive authorities carrying out functions of the state policy development, normative and legal regulation, control and supervision in the area of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors circulation, as well as in the area of counteracting their illicit circulation.

4. Medicinal products for veterinary use are subject to be dispensed through veterinary pharmacy institutions, veterinary organizations and individual entrepreneurs licensed to carry out pharmaceutical activity. The rules of dispensation of medicinal products for veterinary use shall be approved by the authorized federal executive body.

5. The list of medical organizations having a license for pharmaceutical activity and their separate subdivisions (ambulance stations, paramedic’s and paramedical-obstetric centers, centers (departments) of general (family) practice) located in rural settlements which have no pharmacy offices, as well as the list of medicinal products (except for narcotic medicinal products and psychotropic medicinal products), which can be sold by the organizations mentioned above and by their separate subdivisions shall be specified by executive authorities of the Russian Federation constituent entities.

6. Pharmacy institutions, individual entrepreneurs licensed to carry out pharmaceutical activity are obliged to provide a minimum range of medicinal products necessary to deliver health care, as established by the authorized federal executive body.

7. In addition to medicinal products, pharmacy institutions, individual entrepreneurs licensed for a pharmaceutical activity are entitled to acquire and sell medical accessories, disinfectants, personal hygiene means and items, vessels for health care purposes, means and items designed for taking care of patients, newborns and children under three years of age, eyewear and means of taking care thereof, mineral water, health food, baby food and invalid food, biologically active additives to food, medical cosmetics and perfume products, medical and sanitary educative printed publications for healthy lifestyle promotion.

8. The activities of pharmacy institutions in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other corps and military units and bodies, wherein military and law enforcement service is provided for by the legislation, are regulated by the present Federal Law and the regulations approved by the competent federal executive bodies. The control over the said pharmacy institutions being in compliance with the provisions hereof is exercised by the appropriate federal executive bodies.