日本藥商針對「要指導醫藥品」相關規範提起行政訴訟【寰宇醫事裁判】 試閱
A Japanese Druggist Complained about the Regulation for the Medicine with Prescription to the Administration Court
為提升民眾用藥便利性,日本於2013年大幅修正「藥事法」之相關規定,在開放部分醫藥品可以有條件地透過網路郵購方式進行販售的同時,復將部分原屬「第一類醫藥品」者歸類為「要指導醫藥品」,藥局開設者如販售此類醫藥品,必須由藥劑師以當面販售的方式提供藥物資訊,否則不允販售及授與此類醫藥品。本件藥局開設者不服厚生勞動省所設「當面販售」之規定,認有日本憲法第22條第1項職業選擇自由之違反,遂向法院提起行政訴訟。
In order to enhance the convenience of medicine-reaching, some norms in Pharmaceutical Affairs Law in Japan were amended in 2013. Some medicine could be reached by online shopping with conditions, and some medicine which belonged to the first sort originally were closefisted into the medicine with prescription. These kinds of medicine should be transacted in person with the information of the medicine. Otherwise it could be illegal. The druggist in the lawsuit didn’t satisfy with the norm of face-to-face transaction proclaimed by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and believed that this norm was against the freed of choosing career according to article 22 section 1 Constitution. Therefore, he filed a lawsuit at the administrative court.
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