# The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing by EEA Practitioners) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2010, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing by EEA Practitioners) Regulations 2008 (“the principal Regulations”).
Regulation 2 substitutes the definition of “controlled drug” to ensure that prescriptions for controlled drugs included in Schedules 1 to 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 or Schedules 1 to 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 are automatically excluded from being dispensed in the UK. EEA prescriptions for controlled drugs listed in Schedules 4 or 5 to those respective Regulations can be lawfully dispensed against provided the conditions contained in the principal Regulations are met.
Regulation 3 amends regulation 7 of the principal Regulations to ensure that the emergency sale or supply of certain controlled drugs is permitted where this is pursuant to a request by an EEA health professional or where such treatment has previously been prescribed by such a person.
An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as there is no significant impact on the private and voluntary sectors.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2785/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-for-human-use-prescribing-by-eea-practitioners-amendment-no-2-regulations-2010/note
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