Changes the law that controls the trade in medicines and other health products (Law No. 5.991/1973).
Changes the law that controls the trade in medicines and other health products (Law No. 5.991/1973). The bill covers the sale of medicines in a pharmacy or drugstore set up in the sales area of supermarkets. The official summary (ementa) does not say what the rules will be.
Key points and official text
Key points
- Amends Law No. 5.991/1973, on health control of the trade in medicines
- Covers a pharmacy or drugstore inside the sales area of supermarkets
- Focuses on the sale of medicines in these places
Official text (PL 2158/2023)
The official text is in Portuguese, as it was voted.
Altera a Lei nº 5.991, de 17 de dezembro de 1973, que “dispõe sobre o Controle Sanitário do Comércio de Drogas, Medicamentos, Insumos Farmacêuticos e Correlatos, e dá outras Providências”, para dispor sobre a comercialização de medicamentos em farmácia ou drogaria instalada na área de venda de supermercados.
How each deputy voted
Symbolic vote: the result was announced without recording each deputy's vote.
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