# The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, Regulation 10: Amendment of regulation 8


In regulation 8 (production and supply of drugs in Schedules 2 and 5)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(b) after “Schedule 2 or 5” insert—
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(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”.
(b) in paragraph (2)(k)(ii) after “nurse independent prescriber” insert “or a pharmacist independent prescriber”;
(c) in paragraph (2)(k)(iii) after “nurse independent prescriber” insert “or a pharmacist independent prescriber”;
(d) 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.”;
(e) 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
(f) in paragraph (8)(a)—
(i) after “a registered nurse” insert “or a pharmacist”; and
(ii) for the words “for the treatment of cardiac pain to a person admitted as a patient to a coronary care unit or an accident and emergency department of a hospital” substitute the words “or morphine where administration of such drugs is required for the immediate, necessary treatment of sick or injured persons”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/168/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-10
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