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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-pharmacy-and-general-saleexemption-amendment-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-pharmacy-and-general-saleexemption-amendment-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1",
  "legislation_title": "The Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Amendment Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medicines-pharmacy-and-general-saleexemption-amendment-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 1 of the principal Order",
  "text": "In article 1 of the principal Order (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2), in sub-paragraph (a)—\n(a) after the definition of “external use” insert the following definition—\n““first level nurse” means a person registered in Parts 1,3,5,8,10,11,12,13,14 or 15 of the professional register;”;\n(b) after the definition of “NHS trust” insert the following definition—\n““nurse prescriber” means a person—\n(a) who is a first level nurse, and\n(b) against whose name is recorded in the professional register an annotation signifying that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances;”;\n(c) after the definition of “prison service” insert the following definition—\n““professional register” means the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council pursuant to paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001;”;\n(d) after the definition of “relevant manager” insert the following definition—\n““relevant register” means—\n(a) in relation to a first level nurse, the professional register, and\n(b) in relation to a pharmacist, the register maintained in pursuance of section 2(1) of the Pharmacy Act 1954 or the register maintained in pursuance of Articles 6 and 9 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;”; and\n(e) after the definition of “Special Health Authority” insert the following definition—\n““supplementary prescriber” means—\n(a) a first level nurse, or\n(b) a pharmacist,\nagainst whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that he is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a supplementary prescriber;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The definition of “NHS Trust” was inserted by S.I. 2000/1919."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “prison service” was inserted by S.I. 2003/697."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/253."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The definition of “relevant manager” was inserted by S.I. 2003/697."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1954 c. 61."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I.22)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "The definition of “Special Health Authority” was inserted by S.I. 2000/1919."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:36:07.869682+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."
}