Regulation 19 Free samples

(1)

This regulation applies only to the supply of a free sample of a relevant medicinal product to a person who receives it for the purpose of acquiring experience in dealing with such a product.

(2)

A person may supply a sample to which this regulation applies only—

(a)

to a person qualified to prescribe relevant medicinal products,

(b)

if the sample is of a medicinal product which does not contain—

(i)

a substance which is listed in any of Schedules I, II or IV to the Narcotic Drugs Convention (where the product is not a preparation listed in ScheduleIII to that Convention), or

(ii)

a substance which is listed in any of Schedules I to IV of the Psychotropic Substances Convention (where the product is not a preparation which may be exempted from measures of control in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 3 of that Convention),

and

(c)

in accordance with Schedule 4.