A rotation transmission shaft that extends vertically to penetrate a box body is provided. When the box body is placed on a base portion of a tablet feeder mounted in a medicine dispensing apparatus, a lower end portion of the rotation transmission shaft is coupled to the base portion so as to be able to transmit rotation, and a tablet guiding mechanism is coupled to a cut tablet piece receiving portion of the base portion. When a tablet cassette configured to discharge tablets housed in a random manner, one at a time, as a rotor rotates is placed on the box body, an upper end portion of the rotation transmission shaft is coupled to the rotor to be able to transmit rotation, and the tablet guiding mechanism is coupled to a tablet discharging portion of the tablet cassette.
