Article 15 Amendment of the Pharmacy and General Sale Order

(1)

The Pharmacy and General Sale Order shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In article 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)—

(a)

omit the definition of “first level nurse”;

(b)

in the definition of “nurse prescriber”—

(i)

in paragraph (a), for “first level” substitute “registered”, and

(ii)

in paragraph (b), after “appliances” insert “as a community practitioner nurse prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber or a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber”;

(c)

after the definition of “Patient Group Direction” insert the following definition—

““pharmacist independent prescriber” means a person—

(a)

who is a pharmacist, and

(b)

against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a pharmacist independent prescriber;”;

(d)

after the definition of “registered homeopathic medicinal product for human use” insert the following definitions—

““registered midwife” means a person registered in the Midwives' Part of the professional register;

“registered nurse” means a person registered in the Nurses' Part or Specialist Community Public Health Nurses' Part of the professional register;”;

(e)

in the definition of “relevant register”, in paragraph (a), for “first level” substitute “registered”; and

(f)

in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—

(i)

in paragraph (a), for “first level” substitute “registered”, and

(ii)

after “a supplementary prescriber” insert “or, in the case of a nurse or midwife, as a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber”.

(3)

In article 4AA (exemption for sale, offer for sale or supply in hospitals and health centres), after “supplementary prescriber” insert “, a pharmacist independent prescriber”.

(4)

In Schedule 3, in Part III (classes of individual by whom supplies may be made), omit “Registered health visitors.”.