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title: "Dispensing register (registre des délivrances) · Treats"
description: "The dispensing register is the paper or electronic record in which a French vet who supplies prescription-only medicines enters every supply (article R5141-112 of the French Public Health Code)."
url: https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/registre-des-delivrances/
lang: en-GB
updated: 2026-11-07
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[Glossary](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/)

# Dispensing registerregistre des délivrances

The dispensing register is the paper or electronic record in which a French vet who supplies prescription-only medicines enters every supply (article R5141-112 of the French Public Health Code).

Each entry carries a sequence number, the animal’s keeper, the medicine, the quantity, the prescriber, the date and the batch number; the register is kept for **10 years**.

When kept electronically, entries must be impossible to change once validated, sortable by keeper, medicine and date, and printable on request. In practice it is a function of the [practice management system](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/pms/).

## Sources

* [French Public Health Code, article R5141-112 (Légifrance)](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article%5Flc/LEGIARTI000044365266)

 Checked on 7 November 2026 · by [Amir Davies](https://www.treats.vet/en/about/amir-davies/)

## See also

* [Veterinary prescription](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/ordonnance-veterinaire/) A French veterinary prescription is the document a vet issues, after a clinical examination or proper assessment of the animal, for a veterinary medicine or a human medicine given to animals (articles 4 and 105 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6).
* [PMS](https://www.treats.vet/en/glossary/pms/) A veterinary PMS (practice management system) is the practice software that manages appointments, patient and client records, prescribing, dispensing, stock, invoicing and payments.