{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-for-human-use-prescribing-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2005/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-for-human-use-prescribing-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2005/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1507",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-for-human-use-prescribing-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2005",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 5 to the POM Order",
  "text": "(1) In the table in Part I of Schedule 5 to the POM Order (exemption from restrictions on sale or supply)—\n(a) in paragraph 5, in column 2, omit “Physostigmine sulphate”; and\n(b) after paragraph 6, insert the following paragraphs—\n“\n6A Persons lawfully conducting a retail pharmacy business within the meaning of section 69.\n6A Medicinal products not for parenteral administration, which are prescription only medicines by reason only that they contain any of the following substances:\nAcetylcysteine\nAtropine sulphate\nAzelastine hydrochloride\nDicofenac sodium\nEmedastine\nHomotropine hydrobromide\nKetotifen\nLevocabastine\nLodoxamide\nNedocromil sodium\nOlopatadine\nPilocarpine hydrochloride\nPolymyxin B/bacitracin\nPolymyxin B/trimethoprim\nSodium cromoglycate.\n6A The sale or supply shall be subject to the presentation of an order signed by an additional supply optometrist.\n6B Additional supply optometrists.\n6B Prescription only medicines specified in column 2 of paragraph 6A.\n6B The sale or supply shall be only—\n(a) in the course of their professional practice, and\n(b) in an emergency.\n”.\n(2) In the table in Part II of Schedule 5 to the POM Order (Exemptions from the restriction on supply), after paragraph 3, insert the following new paragraph—\n“\n3A Persons employed or engaged in the provision of lawful drug treatment services.\n3A Ampoules of sterile water for injection containing not more than 2 ml of sterile water.\n3A The supply shall be only in the course of provision of lawful drug treatment services.\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1507/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:58:08.002906+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."
}