Pharmaceutical Services and General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Pharmaceutical Regulations

6.  In Schedule 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (terms of service for chemists)—

(a) in paragraph 2 (provision of pharmaceutical services)—

(i) in sub-paragraph 1(a), after “or appliances” insert “not being restricted availability appliances,”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph 1(b), insert—

“(bb) an order for a restricted availability appliance, signed by and endorsed on its face with the reference “S11” by a doctor; or”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph 1(d) after “listed appliances,” insert “not being restricted availability appliances,”; and

(iv) after sub-paragraph 1(d) insert—

“or

(e) an order for a restricted availability appliance, signed by and endorsed on its face with the reference “S11” by a nurse prescriber,”

(b) in paragraph 13—

(i) in sub-paragraph (b), delete “and”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), at the end, insert “; and,”; and

(iii) after sub-paragraph (c), insert—

“(d) he shall provide for the patient a restricted availability appliance only if the patient is a person or it is for a purpose specified in the Drug Tariff.”;

(c) in paragraph 14(2), after “nurse prescriber,” insert “or an order for a restricted availability appliance, signed by and endorsed on its face with the reference “S11” by a nurse prescriber,”;

(d) in paragraph 15(2), after “in this paragraph”, insert “or paragraph 13” and, after “a scheduled drug”, insert “or a restricted availability appliance”.