receita sem papel
Published 8 November 2026, 22:44
receita sem papel — paperless prescription
The standard form of prescription today: the doctor issues it in the shared system, and you receive a note with the prescription number, an access code and a right-of-choice code — by text message, by email or in the SNS 24 app. At the pharmacy you give the number and code or hand over your citizen card. The prescription is valid for 12 months, or 30 days for a short course.
Where you come across it. A doctor's appointment, buying medicine at a pharmacy.
Without the access code the pharmacy cannot open the prescription; by law it has no other way to do so.
Official website: sns24.gov.pt/servico/consultar-receitas