The National Health Service (Physiotherapist, Podiatrist or Chiropodist Independent Prescribers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 No. 73

Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

9.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation and application)—

(a) for “prescriber” substitute—

““prescriber” means—

(a)

a doctor,

(b)

a pharmacist independent prescriber,

(c)

a nurse independent prescriber,

(d)

an optometrist independent prescriber,

(e)

a physiotherapist independent prescriber,

(f)

a podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber, or

(g)

a supplementary prescriber under an agreed clinical management plan;” and

(b) in the appropriate places in the alphabetical order, insert the following definitions—

““physiotherapist independent prescriber” means a physiotherapist who is registered in Part 9 of the register maintained under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001, and against whose name in that register is recorded an annotation signifying that the physiotherapist is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a physiotherapist independent prescriber;”; and

““podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber” means a podiatrist or chiropodist who is registered in Part 2 of the register maintained under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001, and against whose name in that register is recorded an annotation signifying that the podiatrist or chiropodist is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber;”.