The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006

Amendment of the Pharmacy and General Sale Order

15.—(1) The Pharmacy and General Sale Order shall be amended as follows.

(2) In article 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)—

(a) omit the definition of “first level nurse”;

(b) in the definition of “nurse prescriber”—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “first level” substitute “registered”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b), after “appliances” insert “as a community practitioner nurse prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber or a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber”;

(c) after the definition of “Patient Group Direction” insert the following definition—

““pharmacist independent prescriber” means a person—

(a)

who is a pharmacist, and

(b)

against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a pharmacist independent prescriber;”;

(d) after the definition of “registered homeopathic medicinal product for human use” insert the following definitions—

““registered midwife” means a person registered in the Midwives' Part of the professional register;

“registered nurse” means a person registered in the Nurses' Part or Specialist Community Public Health Nurses' Part of the professional register;”;

(e) in the definition of “relevant register”, in paragraph (a), for “first level” substitute “registered”; and

(f) in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “first level” substitute “registered”, and

(ii) after “a supplementary prescriber” insert “or, in the case of a nurse or midwife, as a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber”.

(3) In article 4AA (exemption for sale, offer for sale or supply in hospitals and health centres), after “supplementary prescriber” insert “, a pharmacist independent prescriber”.

(4) In Schedule 3, in Part III (classes of individual by whom supplies may be made), omit “Registered health visitors.”.