Regulation 22 Amendment of regulation 2 of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 2015

in the definition of “prescriber”, for “or an optometrist independent prescriber;” substitute “, an optometrist independent prescriber or a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;”;

in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “supplementary prescriber”, after “chiropodists and podiatrists,” insert “dietitians,”; and

before the definition of “the Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations” insert—

• ““therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” means a radiographer—

  1. (a)

     who is registered in Part 11 of the register maintained under article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001^f2; and

  2. (b)

     against whose name in that register is recorded—

     1. (i)

        an entitlement to use the title “therapeutic radiographer”, and

     2. (ii)

        an annotation signifying that the radiographer is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber;”.