Regulation 55 Prescribing: general

England and Wales

(1)

The contractor must ensure that—

(a)

any prescription form or repeatable prescription issued or created by a prescriber;

(b)

any home oxygen order form issued by a health care professional; and

(c)

any F1listed prescription items voucher issued by a prescriber or any other person acting under the contract,

complies as appropriate with the requirements in regulations 56, 57 and 59 to 63.

F2(2)

In regulations 56, 57 and 59 to 63, a reference to “drugs” includes contraceptive substances and a reference to “appliances” includes contraceptive appliances.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 55(1)(c) substituted (21.12.2021) by The National Health Service (Charges, Primary Medical Services and Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Coronavirus) (Further Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1346), regs. 1(2)(a), 16(2)
F2: Reg. 55(2) substituted (1.10.2019) by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1137), regs. 1(2), 6