S2 License for Prescribers

S2 License is solely given to any authoritative person who is acknowledged by law that can prescribe dangerous drugs. This group of professionals who can prescribe regulated drugs are physicians, veterinarians, and dentists. Because of the power given to them as the prescribers of drugs, it is their duty to give orders such as. However, not all doctors are allowed to order regulated drugs. Under the Philippine law, it is clearly mentioned that any doctor who wants to practice prescribing regulated drugs should be registered in PDEA and must obtain a S2 license ID and S2 license number. These are very particularly needed in prescribing regulated drugs.

Requirements on registering are the following:

1. Drug testing must be done before applying. Result should be negative of any kind of regulated drug.
2. PRC ID should be updated.
3. Must be personally apply to the PDEA office, because picture taking will be done and interview may be done, too.
4. Application fee is Php500.00.

After applying, a temporary S2 License number shall be given to you. The S2 license will only be full and permanent when within 3 months the applicant will claim his S2 license ID in the PDEA office (because the ID contains the permanent S2 license number). Whenever three months have been already passed and the ID is not claimed, the application shall be null and void, thus, the temporary S2 license number shall be revoked at once.

In case the situation is positive and the prescriber has successfully registered, he may now obtain yellow prescription. Yellow prescription is a specialized prescription paper that can be only used in prescribing regulated drugs and only be used by a PDEA registered doctor. The price of each yellow prescription pad is Php250.00, contains 50 triplicate pages, and can be obtained in the following areas:

1. DOH-CHDs
2. East Avenue Medical Center
3. National Children Hospital
4. 27 DOH-retained hospitals
5. DDB (which is located in the PDEA main building office, 3^rd floor)

The validity of the registration is equated with that of the expiration of the PRC ID. If the PRC ID is already expired prescribing must be ceased and renewed again, if not the doctor will be illegally prescribing dangerous drugs.