# The Health Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments) (Nursing and Midwifery) Order 2004, Paragraph 31: National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2001


In regulation 2 of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
(a) for the definition of “independent nurse prescriber”, substitute—
““independent nurse prescriber”, means a person—
(a) who is registered in Sub-Part 1 of the Nurses' Part or in the Midwives' Part of the nurses and midwives' professional register; and
(b) in respect of whom an annotation signifying that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances from—
(i) the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary for Community Nurses and Health Visitors in Part 8B of the Drug Tariff, or
(ii) the Nurse Prescribers' Extended Formulary in Part 8C of the Drug Tariff,
is also recorded in that register;”;
(b) in the definition of “nurses and midwives' professional register”, for “pursuant to paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to”, substitute “under article 5 of”; and
(c) in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”, for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—
“(a) Sub-Part 1 of the Nurses' Part, or in the Midwives' Part, of the nurses and midwives' professional register;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1771/schedule/paragraph/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-act-1999-consequential-amendments-nursing-and-midwifery-order-2004/schedule/paragraph-31
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