MMA urges clear directive on enforcement of medicine price display order
The association says the High Court stay order remains in force following reports of officers requesting price lists from clinics.
The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has called for clear instructions to be given to enforcement officers regarding the recently implemented medicine price display order. The MMA president, Dr R Thirunavukarasu, reported that enforcement officers have been visiting general practitioners and dental clinics in several states, requesting medicine price lists, despite a High Court stay on the enforcement of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering (Price Marking for Drug) Order 2025.
This stay was granted pending the disposal of judicial review applications filed by medical practitioner groups. According to MMA, the government did not appeal against the stay order, meaning that it remains in force and no enforcement action should be taken against private practitioners for non-compliance with the order while court proceedings are ongoing.
The MMA emphasizes that inspections should not be used to enforce the medicine price display order directly or indirectly, and advises practitioners to cooperate with lawful inspections but to document and report any threatened compound or enforcement action specifically related to the medicine price display order to the MMA.
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