The National Law for travellers carrying, for personal use, medical preparations containing internationally controlled drugs is reported in the Decree of the Ministry of Health November 16, 2007:
The Decree provides all the information and the procedures that international travellers should follow, in order to permit the carrying of small quantities of medical preparations containing narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for personal medical use.
There are two separate issues:
International travellers who plan to visit Italy and carry for their medical use preparations containing internationally controlled drugs are required to hold one of the following documents to serve as evidence that medical preparations were lawfully obtained by the traveler in the Country of departure:
These certifications, issued on the basis of a valid medical prescription, must indicate the following information:
A. Country and place of issue (Country, place of issue, date of issue, period of validity max 30 days)
B. Prescribing physician (Last name, first name, address, number of licence)
C. Patient (Last name, first name, sex, place of birth, date of birth, home address, number of passport or of identity card, intended country of destination)
D. Prescribed medical preparation (Trade name of drug or its composition, dosage form, number of units (tablets, ampoules etc.), international name of the active substance, concentration of active substance, total quantity of active substance, duration of prescription in days, signature and stamp of prescribing physician)
E. Issuing authority (Official designation (name) of the authority, address, official seal of the authority, signature of responsible officer)
It must be issued by a general practitioner (GP) or a pediatrician endorsed by the Authorities of the country of residence (physician duly authorized to prescribe internationally controlled drugs).
The documents should be in the traveler's possession during the stay, and should be available on request for presentation to the authorities.
To deal with situations in which patients travelling abroad are carrying with them small quantities of preparations containing substances under international control, they are required to hold the following document to serve as evidence that medical preparations were lawfully obtained by the traveller in the Country of departure:
It must be issued by a general practitioner (GP) or a pediatrician endorsed by the Authorities of the country of residence (physician duly authorized to prescribe internationally controlled drugs).
The documents should be in the traveller's possession during the stay, and should be available on request for presentation to the authorities.
For travellers carrying only one package of the medical preparation already mentioned or medicinal preparations listed in Annex n. 2 of the Decree of the Ministry of Health November 16, 2007, is requested only a valid prescription according to what is reported for medical preparation listed in the schedules of the National Decree 309/90.
This situation doesn’t undergo the procedure mentioned above.
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Data di ultimo aggiornamento 12 marzo 2024
