1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the Medicines (Exemptions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 21st December 2009.
2 In this Order—
“the Act” means the Medicines Act 1968;
“clinical management plan” means a written plan (which may be amended from time to time) relating to the treatment of an individual patient agreed by—
(a) the patient to whom the plan relates;
(b) the doctor or dentist who is a party to the plan, and
(c) any supplementary prescriber who is to prescribe, give directions for administration or administer under the plan;
“medicinal product” includes any article or substance in respect of which section 130(1) of the Act (meaning of “medicinal product” and related expressions) has effect;
“mixing of medicines” means the combining of two or more medicinal products together for the purposes of administering them to meet the needs of a particular patient;
“nurse independent prescriber” means a person (“N”)—
(a) who is a registered nurse or a registered midwife, and
(b) against whose name is recorded in the professional register an annotation signifying that N is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a nurse independent prescriber or a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber;
“pharmacist independent prescriber” means a person (“P”)—
(a) who is a pharmacist, and
(b) against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that P is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a pharmacist independent prescriber;
“the Pharmacy and General Sale Order” means the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale – Exemption) Order 1980;
“the POM Order” means the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997;
“supplementary prescriber” means a person (“S”) who is a—
(a) a registered nurse;
(b) a pharmacist;
(c) a registered midwife;
(d) a person whose name is registered in the part of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council in pursuance of article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001 relating to—
(i) chiropodists and podiatrists;
(ii) physiotherapists;
(iii) radiographers: diagnostic or therapeutic,
S.I. 2002/254 as amended by S.I. 2009/1182.
(e) a registered optometrist,
against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation or entry signifying that S is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a supplementary prescriber or, in the case of a nurse or midwife, as a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber.
Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2006/2407.
S.I. 1980/1924.
S.I. 1997/1830.