Explanatory note

This Order further amends the Medicines (Products Other Than Veterinary Drugs) (Prescription Only) Order 1983 (“the principal Order”) which specifies descriptions and classes of prescription only medicines subject to section 58(2) of the Medicines Act 1968, that is to say, medicinal products which (subject to exemptions) may be sold or supplied by retail only in accordance with a prescription given by an appropriate practitioner and which may be administered only by or in accordance with the directions of such a practitioner.

Article 3 of this Order substitutes article 2 of the principal Order (which specifies appropriate practitioners) to add appropriate nurse practitioners (as defined in Article 2) to the categories of appropriate practitioner.

Article 4 of the Order inserts Schedule 1A into the principal Order, specifying the prescription only medicines which may be prescribed by appropriate nurse practitioners.