PART 3PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS

CHAPTER 1AMENDMENT OF THE PHARMACY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1976

Amendment of Schedule 2B24

1

Schedule 2B (visiting pharmaceutical chemist from a relevant European State) M1 is amended as follows.

2

For paragraph 1, substitute—

1

This Schedule applies to a person who—

a

is an exempt person who is lawfully established as a pharmacist in a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom; and

b

is not a person to whom paragraph 15 of Schedule 2C (European professional card and entitlement to registration: provision of occasional pharmacy services) to this Order or paragraph 15 of Schedule 2A (European professional card and entitlement to registration: provision of occasional pharmacy services) to the Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231) applies.

3

In paragraph 4(b)—

a

for “3(9)(a) or (e)” substitute “ 3(8)(a) or (e) ”;

b

for “14 to 16” substitute “ 19 to 23 ”;

4

In paragraph 5—

a

in sub-paragraph (2)(a)—

i

in sub-paragraph (i), omit the “and” at the end;

ii

after sub-paragraph (ii), insert—

iii

confirms that the practitioner does not have a criminal conviction; and

iv

confirms that the practitioner is not subject to a temporary or final suspension preventing practice as a pharmacist;

b

after sub-paragraph (2)(a), insert—

aa

a written declaration as to whether the practitioner has the necessary knowledge of English;

c

in sub-paragraph (3), after “(2)(a)” insert “ or (aa) ”.

5

After paragraph 5, insert—

First provision of services: visiting practitioners from Great Britain5A

1

The registrar must treat a visiting practitioner who—

a

applies to be registered in the register mentioned in Article 6(1)(d) as a visiting practitioner; and

b

is entered in Part 4 of the register maintained under article 19 of the Pharmacy Order 2010 relating to pharmacists who are visiting practitioners to Great Britain,

as complying with the requirements of paragraph 5.

2

The registrar may require the visiting practitioner to provide additional information concerning his or her professional qualifications as a result of differences in the way that the profession is regulated in different parts of the United Kingdom.

3

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the registrar has required the visiting practitioner to provide information under sub-paragraph (2) and the visiting practitioner has not done so.

6

In paragraph 6(2)—

a

for “3(9)(a) or (e)” substitute “3(8)(a) or (e);

b

for “14 to 16” substitute “ 19 to 23 ”.

7

In paragraph 8(6), after “home State” insert “ or, if different, a relevant European State in which the practitioner practises or has practised as a pharmacist ”.