PART VIGENERAL HEALTH SERVICES

F15Pharmaceutical services

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Arrangements for pharmaceutical services63 F1

[F2 (1) Every Health and Social Services Board shall, in accordance with regulations, make arrangements in respect of its area for theF3 provision to persons who are in that area of—

  1. a

    proper and sufficient drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons by a medical practitioner in pursuance of his functions—

    1. i

      in providing any service in pursuance of this Order; or

    2. ii

      in the F4health care established in pursuance of section 1 of the National Health Service Act 1977 [1977 c.49] or section 1 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 [1978 c.29] ; or

    3. iii

      in the armed forces of the Crown (excluding forces of a Commonwealth country and forces raised in a colony);F5. . .

  2. b

    listed drugs and medicines which are ordered for those persons by a dental practitioner in pursuance of such functions;F6. . .

  3. bb

    F7listed drugs and medicines and listed appliances which are ordered for those persons byF8 a pharmacist or a prescribed description of registered nurse, midwife or health visitor in pursuance of such functions; and

  4. c

    F9such services as may be prescribed;

F10and the services provided in accordance with the arrangements are, together with additional pharmaceutical services provided in accordance with a direction under Article 63A, referred to in this Order as “pharmaceutical services”.

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Regulations shall provide for securing that arrangements made by a Health and Social Services Board under paragraph (1) will enable persons in the Board's area for whom drugs, medicines or appliances mentioned in that paragraph are ordered as there mentionedF12, or to whom services mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) are to be provided to receive them from persons with whom such arrangements have been made.

2A

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2B

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2D

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Before making any regulations under this Article, the Ministry shall consult such organisations as appear to the Minister to be representative of the pharmaceutical profession.

F144

In this Article “listed” means included in a list for the time being approved for the purposes of this Article by the Department.]