PART 12Dealings with medicinal products

CHAPTER 3Exemptions

Exemptions relating to supply in specific circumstances

Exemptions relating to prescriptions given by certain health professionals228

1

Regulation 214(1) does not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine by a pharmacist where—

a

the sale or supply is in accordance with a prescription given by a person listed in paragraph (2) who is not an appropriate practitioner in relation to that prescription only medicine; but

b

the pharmacist, having exercised all due diligence, believes on reasonable grounds that the person is such a practitioner.

2

Those persons are—

a

another pharmacist;

b

a registered nurse;

c

a registered midwife;

d

a person whose name is entered in the part of the Health and Care Professions Council register relating to—

i

chiropodists and podiatrists,

ii

physiotherapists, or

iii

radiographers: diagnostic or therapeutic; or

e

a registered optometrist.

3

Regulation 214(1) does not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine by a pharmacist where—

a

the sale or supply is in accordance with a prescription given by a supplementary prescriber; and

b

the pharmacist, having exercised all due diligence, believes on reasonable grounds that the supplementary prescriber has complied with regulation 215.