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restrict to sale by

English translation: prohibits the item being sold except by ...

14:43 May 19, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / USA Federal Law
English term or phrase: restrict to sale by
"Federal law (USA) restricts to sale by or on the order of a physician."

The discussion in En>Ru pair brings to nothing. So, I am keen to understand definitely: WHAT is restricted (or prohibited)? A tomograph, for exemple: shall it be SOLD ( or BOUGHT ? ) exclusively by a physician?
Vassyl Trylis
Local time: 11:36
Selected answer:prohibits the item being sold except by ...
Explanation:
or on the orders of, a physician. It's presumably not a drug, but some item of equipment that can only be purchased on prescription.

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-05-19 14:49:29 GMT)
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It's perhaps clearer if two words are added:
restricts [the item] to sale by, or on the orders of, a physician.
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David Knowles
Local time: 09:36
Grading comment
David, your explanation is shorter and even better than others:). All the more I am grateful to participants!
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4 +8prohibits the item being sold except by ...
David Knowles
5 +1SOLD
Marina Aleyeva


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
prohibits the item being sold except by ...


Explanation:
or on the orders of, a physician. It's presumably not a drug, but some item of equipment that can only be purchased on prescription.

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-05-19 14:49:29 GMT)
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It's perhaps clearer if two words are added:
restricts [the item] to sale by, or on the orders of, a physician.

David Knowles
Local time: 09:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
David, your explanation is shorter and even better than others:). All the more I am grateful to participants!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou: Hi, David. I prefer your addition for: "restricts [the item] to sale by, or on the orders of, a physician."
48 mins
agree  Elena Aleksandrova
2 hrs
agree  Ioanna Karamanou
3 hrs
agree  Michael Barnett: The expression is usually used in reference to a medical device rather than to a medical test.
3 hrs
agree  Yuri Smirnov
4 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
4 hrs
agree  Seema Ugrankar
9 hrs
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
1 day 6 hrs
neutral  Vitaly Ashkinazi: David, please, forgive a stupid question: Could you confirm without "by or" that you mean "can be sold by physicians (physicians are allowed to sell) or by the orders of physicians"
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Exactly so. It's appropriate for prescription drugs and for small medical items, but this standard wording seems to have got attached to a large piece of equipment.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
SOLD


Explanation:
It's not about tomographs but smaller devices which a patient needs to use in his/her treatment and which cannot be sold to a patient other than by a doctor or on the order of a doctor (here, order is prescription, not a purchase order).


I was wondering if anyone knows if you can sell an insulin pump? The box says the sale is restricted to sale by a physician. She got one a few years ago, but because she is so small, it is uncomfortable for her to use. It was used for a month and a half, and is still in perfect condition. We now have a few thousand dollar paper weight sitting around. I would like to recover some of the money, but what can we do?
http://www.insulin-pumpers.org.uk/whatisapump/

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-19 17:33:05 GMT)
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OK then, it may be a tomograph in this particular case, but I think tomographs are not the primary target of this rule. It's just how these blanket rules work. If the use of a label is prescribed by law, it will be used "just in case".

Marina Aleyeva
Israel
Local time: 11:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
Notes to answerer
Asker: btw, I am sticking at this phrase just in a tomograph Manual


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yuri Smirnov
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Yuri
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