Provided is a medicine dispensing device that more quickly collects a medicine from a medicine storage unit and dispenses a medicine to the medicine collection unit. The medicine dispensing device is provided with a device main body, a medicine storing unit capable of dispensing a medicine, and a movably provided in the device main body, receives the medicine dispensed from the medicine storing unit, and receives the received medicine. A medicine receiving unit 5 for discharging, a medicine storing member 32 for storing the medicine discharged from the medicine receiving unit, and a medicine receiving process for moving the medicine receiving unit based on the prescription data and receiving the medicine from the medicine storing unit. Execute, discharge the medicine to the medicine storage member, execute the medicine dispensing process of dispensing the medicine stored in the medicine storage member to the medicine collection container 34, and execute the medicine receiving processing and the medicine dispensing processing independently. And a control unit that performs the control. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1【課題】薬剤収容ユニットからの薬剤の回収と、薬剤回収ユニットへの薬剤の払出とをより一層迅速に行う薬剤払出装置を提供する。【解決手段】薬剤払出装置は、装置本体３と、薬剤を払出可能な薬剤収容ユニット４と、装置本体に移動可能に設けられ、薬剤収容ユニットから払い出された薬剤を受け取り、受け取った薬剤を排出する薬剤受取ユニット５と、薬剤受取ユニットから排出された薬剤を貯留する薬剤貯留部材３２と、処方データに基づいて、薬剤受取ユニットを移動させて、薬剤収容ユニットから薬剤を受け取る薬剤受取処理を実行し、薬剤を薬剤貯留部材に排出させ、薬剤貯留部材に貯留された薬剤を薬剤回収容器３４に払い出す薬剤払出処理を実行し、薬剤受取処理と薬剤払出処理とは独立して実行可能とする制御ユニットと、を備えている。【選択図】図１
