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
”
.