Regulation 5 Amendment of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Regulations

In Schedule 1 to the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Regulations (exemptions and exceptions from the provisions of regulation 4), in paragraph 1 (interpretation)—

(a)

omit the definition of “first level nurse”;

(b)

after the definition of “registered midwife” insert the following definition—

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

(c)

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

(d)

in the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—

(i)

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

(ii)

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