Regulation 10 Amendment of regulation 8

in paragraph (1)(b) after “Schedule 2 or 5” insert—

“;

(c)

a nurse independent prescriber acting in his capacity as such, or a supplementary prescriber acting under and in accordance with the terms of a clinical management plan, may compound any drug specified in Schedule 2 or 5 for the purposes of administration in accordance with regulation 7;

(d)

any person acting in accordance with the written directions of a doctor, a dentist, a nurse independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber, or a supplementary prescriber acting under and in accordance with the terms of a clinical management plan, may compound any drug specified in Schedule 2 or 5 for the purposes of administration in accordance with regulation 7”.

in paragraph (2)(k)(ii) after “nurse independent prescriber” insert “or a pharmacist independent prescriber”;

in paragraph (2)(k)(iii) after “nurse independent prescriber” insert “or a pharmacist independent prescriber”;

for paragraph (2A) substitute—

“(2A)

The directions given by a nurse independent prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber referred to in paragraph (2)(k)(ii) and (iii) shall relate only to a controlled drug which such nurse independent prescriber or such pharmacist independent prescriber may prescribe under regulation 6B and a purpose for which it may be prescribed under that regulation.”;

for paragraph (7) substitute—

“(7)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(1)(b) of the Act, a nurse independent prescriber may, when acting in his capacity as such, supply or offer to supply any controlled drug specified in Schedule 2 or 5 to any person who may lawfully have any of those drugs in his possession provided it is supplied or offered in circumstances where he may prescribe it under regulation 6B.”; and

in paragraph (8)(a)—