09:39 May 2, 2017 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Medical - Medical (general) / Prescription devices (US English) | |||||||
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5 | parsing + implied text |
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4 | 2a covers sales by, to and prescribed, the label omits TO |
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'Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician\' parsing + implied text Explanation: 'Federal law restricts [the sale of] this device to: a) sale by a physician or b) sale on the order of a physician' IOW you can legally buy this device only directly from a physician, or from anyone else but only on the order of a physician |
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2a covers sales by, to and prescribed, the label omits TO Explanation: I do not see the meanings as different. However, the label basically omits one permitted type of sale (TO practitioners). My reasoning: As it is clear and stated in both 2a and 2b that these can be sold on prescription, let's look at 2a without the prescription part: ...is to be sold only to such practitioner for use in the course of his professional practice... It can be argued that selling to patients forms a part, an aspect of the professional practice of a practitioner. It might also be possible that a practitioner can prescribe a product and sell/dispense it too (as it for example vets do here in the UK). Thus, the 2a provision covers all three: sales to doctors, by doctors, and on prescription. The label covers two of those. Not conflict but omission. *** To answer the specific question: Can anyone explain why the word 'by' is used in (b) and not 'to' as in (a)? Sales to practitioners are kind of by default sales on prescription - the prescription is implied and perhaps the label just goes to far in avoiding redundancy. |
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