{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-amendment-regulations-2016/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/186",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 213 (interpretation of Part 12)",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 213 is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1)—\n(a) in the definition of “health prescription”, for “pharmacist — independent prescriber” substitute “pharmacist independent prescriber, physiotherapist independent prescriber, podiatrist independent prescriber, therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber”;\n(b) omit the definition of “registered dietitian”;\n(c) omit the definition of “registered physiotherapist”;\n(d) omit the definition of “registered podiatrist”;\n(e) omit the definition of “registered radiographer”; and\n(f) in the definition of “relevant prescriber”, after paragraph (f) insert—\n“(fa) a physiotherapist independent prescriber;\n(fb) a podiatrist independent prescriber;\n(fc) a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 213 was amended by and S.I. 2013/235, 2014/490 and 1878 and 2015/323."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/186/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:16.132644+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}