{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001/schedule-8/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001/schedule-8/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3998",
  "legislation_title": "The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-regulations-2001",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any of the following persons may supply or administer a specified controlled drug under a patient group direction, namely—\n(a) a person who holds a certificate of proficiency in ambulance paramedic skills issued by, or with the approval of, the Secretary of State, or a person who is a ... registered paramedic;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) a registered midwife;\n(d) a registered optometrist;\n(e) a registered chiropodist;\n(f) a registered orthoptist;\n(g) a registered physiotherapist;\n(h) a registered radiographer;\n(i) a registered occupational therapist;\n(j) a registered orthotist and prosthetist;\n(k) a pharmacist;",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 inserted (15.10.2003) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2429), reg. 1, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 8 para. 1(a) revoked (16.8.2007) by The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2154), regs. 2(1), 4(16)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 1(b) omitted (1.8.2004) by virtue of The Health Act 1999 (Consequential Amendments) (Nursing and Midwifery) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1771), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 24(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 1(d)-(h) substituted (16.8.2007) by The Misuse of Drugs and Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2154), regs. 2(1), 4(16)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 1(i)(j) inserted (7.7.2006) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1450), regs. 2(1), 11 (with regs. 12, 13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 1(k) inserted (23.4.2012) by The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment No.2) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/973), regs. 1(1), 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3998/schedule/8/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:18:47.393467+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}