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2. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2001(1)–
(a)for the definition of “independent nurse prescriber”(2) substitute–
““independent nurse prescriber” means a person–
who is registered in the Nursing and Midwifery Register; and
against whose name is recorded in that register an annotation signifying that he or she is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a community practitioner nurse prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber or a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber;”;
(b)for the definition of “nurses and midwives' professional register”(3) substitute–
““Nursing and Midwifery Register” means the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001(4);”; and
(c)for the definition of “supplementary prescriber”(5) substitute–
““supplementary prescriber” means a person whose name is registered in–
the Nursing and Midwifery Register;
the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists maintained in pursuance of section 2(1) of the Pharmacy Act 1954(6);
the register maintained in pursuance of Articles 6 and 9 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(7);
the part of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council in pursuance of article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001(8) relating to–
chiropodists and podiatrists;
physiotherapists; or
diagnostic or therapeutic radiographers; or
the register of optometrists maintained by the General Optical Council in pursuance of section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989(9),
and against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that he or she is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a supplementary prescriber or, in the case of the Nursing and Midwifery Register, a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber;”.
S.S.I. 2001/430; relevant amending instruments are S.S.I. 2003/295, S.I. 2004/1771, S.S.I. 2005/326, 2005/124, and 2006/149.
The definition of “independent nurse prescriber” was inserted by S.S.I. 2003/295 and substituted by S.I. 2004/1771.
The definition of “nurses and midwives professional register” was inserted by S.S.I. 2003/295 and amended by S.I. 2004/1771.
S.I. 2002/253 to which there are no relevant amending instruments.
The definition of “supplementary prescriber” was inserted by S.S.I. 2003/295 and amended by S.I. 2004/1771, S.S.I. 2005/326 and 2006/149.
S.I. 1976/1213 (NI 22).
S.I. 2002/254 to which there are no relevant amending instruments.
1989 c. 44; section 7 was amended by S.I. 2005/848, Art 7.