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Paragraph 2 Restrictions in an LPS scheme on supply

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Where an LPS scheme is limited to the provision of specified drugs or appliances, the contractor must not provide other drugs or appliances at the premises from which he has undertaken to provide LPS services under that scheme.

(2)

An LPS scheme must contain the following terms, where applicable—

(a)

where the local pharmaceutical services to be provided include the supply of appliances—

(i)

the only appliances which may be supplied are listed appliances, and

(ii)

those appliances must be supplied in accordance with the provisions of the Notes, and the List of Technical Specifications, which appear at the beginning of Part IX of the Drug Tariff, which apply at the time of supply; and

(b)

where the local pharmaceutical services to be provided include the supply of chemical reagents, the only chemical reagents which may be supplied are those listed from time to time in Part IXR of the Drug Tariff.

(3)

Where an LPS scheme is limited to the provision of services—

(a)

to a specified class of persons (for example persons who require the provision of local pharmaceutical services for the treatment of a specified disease or condition); or

(b)

to persons residing in a particular place (for example persons in a specified residential home),

the contractor must not provide local pharmaceutical services to persons other than those so specified.