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.