Regulation 39 Amendments to paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 22 to the DMCCA: medical prescriptions etc
In Schedule 22 to the DMCCA, in paragraph 3 (excluded contracts where the supply is made for purposes relating to health)—
in sub-paragraph (1)(a) omit “and”;
in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) for “.” substitute “, and”;
after sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) insert—
“(c)is not of an optical appliance.”;
in sub-paragraph (2) in the appropriate place insert—
““optical appliance” has the meaning given by section 36(1) of the Opticians Act 1989f1;”
in sub-paragraph (2), in paragraph (c) of the definition of “prescriber”, for “but as if that definition included “a dentist”;” substitute—
“but as if—
- (i)
that definition included “a dentist”, and
- (ii)
in paragraph (i) of that definition, “under an agreed clinical management plan” were omitted;”
In Schedule 22 to the DMCCA, in paragraph 4(2) (definitions for the purposes of excluded contracts for supplies by a health care professional or a person included in a relevant list etc) in the definition of “relevant list” after paragraph (c)(iv) (in relation to arrangements in Scotland; the dental list), insert—
“(v)the Ophthalmic List prepared under regulation 6 of the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/135);”.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1