# The Medicines for Human Use (Prescribing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2006, 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/915/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-for-human-use-prescribing-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2006/article-15
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