Paragraph 24 Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
In the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001f1—
in regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
for the definition of “registered health visitor”, substitute at the appropriate alphabetical place—
““specialist community public health nurse” means a registered nurse or midwife who is also registered in the Specialist Community Public Health Nurses' Part of the professional register and against whose name in that Part of the register there is an annotation that she has a qualification in health visiting;”,
insert at the appropriate alphabetical place—
““professional register” means the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001;”;
in regulation 6 (general authority to supply and possess), in paragraph (2), omit “an extended formulary nurse prescriber,”;
in regulation 11 (exemption for midwives)—
in paragraph (1), for “section 14(1)(b) of the Act of 1997”, substitute “article 42 of the Order”,
in paragraph (3)—
omit the definition of “the Act of 1997”,
in the definition of “appropriate medical officer”, in sub-paragraph (b), for “section 15 of the Act of 1997”, substitute “article 43 of the Order”,
in the definition of “local supervising authority”, for “section 15(1) of the Act of 1997”, substitute “Schedule 4 of the Orderf2”, and
insert at the appropriate alphabetical place—
““the Order” means the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001;”; and
in Schedule 8 (persons who may supply or administer a specified controlled drug under a patient group direction), in paragraph 1, omit sub-paragraph (b).