# The Human Medicines Regulations 2012, Regulation 228: Exemptions relating to prescriptions given by certain health professionals

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Regulation 214(1) does not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine by a pharmacist where—
(a) the sale or supply is in accordance with a prescription given by a person listed in paragraph (2) who is not an appropriate practitioner in relation to that prescription only medicine; but
(b) the pharmacist, having exercised all due diligence, believes on reasonable grounds that the person is such a practitioner.
(2) Those persons are—
(a) another pharmacist;
(b) a registered nurse;
(c) a registered midwife;
(d) a person whose name is entered in the part of the Health and Care Professions Council register relating to—
(i) chiropodists and podiatrists,
(ii) physiotherapists, ...
(iii) radiographers: diagnostic or therapeutic; or
(iv) paramedics; or
(e) a registered optometrist.
(3) Regulation 214(1) does not apply to the sale or supply of a prescription only medicine by a pharmacist where—
(a) the sale or supply is in accordance with a prescription given by a supplementary prescriber; and
(b) the pharmacist, having exercised all due diligence, believes on reasonable grounds that the supplementary prescriber has complied with regulation 215.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1916/regulation/228 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-medicines-regulations-2012/regulation-228
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