Regulation 9 Amendment of regulation 7

in paragraph (3) after “any drug specified in Schedule 2, 3 or 4” insert “, and for these purposes the circumstances in which a person is to be regarded as administering in accordance with the directions of a doctor or dentist include where that person is acting in accordance with a patient group direction”;

for paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4)

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), a nurse independent prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber may administer to a patient, without the directions of a doctor or dentist, any controlled drug which such nurse independent prescriber or such pharmacist independent prescriber may prescribe under regulation 6B provided it is administered for a purpose for which it may be prescribed under that regulation.”;

for paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5)

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3), any person may administer to a patient in accordance with the specific directions of a nurse independent prescriber or a pharmacist independent prescriber any controlled drug which such nurse independent prescriber or such pharmacist independent prescriber may prescribe under regulation 6B provided it is administered for a purpose for which it may be prescribed under that regulation.”