Article 5 Amendment of article 3B of the POM Order
In article 3B of the POM Order (prescribing and administration by supplementary prescribers)f1, in paragraph (2)—
(a)
in sub-paragraph (a), for “district nurse/health visitor prescriber” substitute “community practitioner nurse prescriber”;
(b)
in sub-paragraph (b)—
(i)
for “an extended formulary nurse prescriber” substitute “a nurse independent prescriber”, and
(ii)
in head (ii), after “3A(3)” insert “; and”; and
(c)
after sub-paragraph (b), insert the following sub-paragraph—
“(c)the supplementary prescriber is a pharmacist independent prescriber and the medicinal product prescribed or administered, or in respect of which he gives directions for administration—
(i)is a prescription only medicine, and
(ii)is not a controlled drug.”.