# separation of prescribing and dispensing

> practice in medicine and pharmacy in which the physician who provides a medical prescription is independent from the pharmacist who provides the prescription drug

**Wikidata**: [Q30314209](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30314209)  
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