SCHEDULE 7Mandatory terms for LPS schemes

Urgent supply without a prescription4

Where, in case of urgency, a prescriber personally known to the LPS contractor (C) requests C to provide a drug, C may provide that drug (where it would otherwise be able to provide that drug in accordance with the LPS scheme) before receiving a prescription form or repeatable prescription, provided that—

a

the drug is not a Scheduled drug;

b

the drug is not a controlled drug within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, other than a drug which is for the time being specified in Schedule 4 or 5 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (which relate to controlled drugs excepted from certain prohibitions under the Regulations); and

c

the prescriber undertakes to—

i

give C a non-electronic prescription form or non-electronic repeatable prescription in respect of the drug within 72 hours of the request being made, or

ii

transmit to the Electronic Prescription Service within 72 hours of the request being made an electronic prescription.