Amendment of the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19972
1
The Pharmaceutical Regulations are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
a
in the definition of “independent nurse prescriber”5, for sub-paragraph (b) substitute the following sub-paragraph—
b
against whose name in that register is recorded an annotation signifying that he 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
omit the definition of “nurses and midwives’ professional register”6;
c
d
after the definition of “obstetric list” insert the following definition—
“optometrist independent prescriber” means a person—
- a
who is registered in the register maintained by the General Optical Council in pursuance of section 7 of the Opticians Act 19899; and
- b
against whose name in that register is recorded an annotation that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as an optometrist independent prescriber;
e
after the definition of “pharmacist” insert the following definition—
“pharmacist independent prescriber” means a person—
- a
who is registered in the register maintained in pursuance of Articles 6 and 9 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 197610 or in Part 1 of the register maintained under Article 10(1) of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 200711; and
- b
against whose name in that register is recorded an annotation signifying that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a pharmacist independent prescriber;
f
for the definition of “prescriber”12 substitute—
“prescriber” means a doctor, dentist, an independent nurse prescriber, an optometrist independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber or a supplementary prescriber;
g
for the definition of “prescription form”13, substitute—
“prescription form” means a form provided by the RBSO and issued by a prescriber to enable a person to obtain pharmaceutical services and—
- a
includes a prescription form provided and issued under equivalent arrangements having effect in England, Scotland or Wales; and
- b
does not include a repeatable prescription;
h
in the definition of “relevant register”14, for sub-paragraph (b) substitute the following sub-paragraph—
b
in relation to a pharmacist, the register maintained under Article 10(1) (the Register of Pharmacists) of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 or the register maintained in pursuance of Articles 6 (the registers) and 9 (the registrar) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;
i
in the definition of “repeatable prescriber”15, insert the following sub-paragraph—
c
employed or engaged by the Regional Board or HSC trust to provide repeatable prescribing services.
j
for the definition of “supplementary prescriber”16 substitute the following definition—
“supplementary prescriber” means a person—
- a
whose name is registered in—
- i
the Nursing and Midwifery Register,
- ii
Part 1 of the Register of Pharmacists maintained under Article 10(1) of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007,
- iii
the register maintained in pursuance of Articles 6 and 9 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976,
- iv
the part of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council in pursuance of Article 5 of the Health Professions Order 200117 relating to—
- aa
chiropodists and podiatrists;
- bb
physiotherapists; or
- cc
diagnostic or therapeutic radiographers; or
- v
the register of optometrists maintained by the General Optical Council in pursuance of section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989; 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 supplementary prescriber or, in the case of the Nursing and Midwifery Register, a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber;