# The Human Medicines Regulations 2012, Regulation 226: Emergency sale etc by pharmacist: pandemic diseases


(1) Regulation 214(1) does not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine by a person lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business if conditions A and B are met.
(2) Condition A is that the supply is made whilst a disease is, or in anticipation of a disease being imminently,—
(a) pandemic; and
(b) a serious risk, or potentially a serious risk, to human health.
(3) Condition B is that the pharmacist by or under whose supervision the prescription only medicine is to be sold or supplied is satisfied—
(a) that treatment with the prescription only medicine has on a previous occasion been prescribed by a relevant prescriber for the person to be treated with it; and
(b) as to the dose which in the circumstances it would be appropriate for that person to take.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1916/regulation/226 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012/regulation-226
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