Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the PLPS Regulations

Regulation 2(1) of the PLPS Regulations^f1 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

At the appropriate place in the alphabetical order insert—

• ““EPS token” means a form (which may be an electronic form), approved by the Secretary of State, which—

  1. (a)

     is issued by a prescriber at the same time as an electronic prescription is created; and

  2. (b)

     has a barcode that enables the prescription to be dispensed by a provider of pharmaceutical services that is able to use the Electronic Prescription Service for the purposes of dispensing prescriptions, in circumstances where the provider is not dispensing the prescription as a nominated dispensing contractor;”.

At the appropriate place in the alphabetical order insert—

• ““paramedic independent prescriber” means a person—

  1. (a)

     who is registered in Part 8 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 an annotation signifying that that person is qualified to order drugs, medicines or appliances as a paramedic independent prescriber;”.

In sub-paragraph (c) of the definition of “electronic prescription form”, after “nominated dispensing contractor” insert “or via an information hub”.

In sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “electronic repeatable prescription”, after “nominated dispensing contractor” insert “or via an information hub”.

In the definition of “prescriber”, after “optometrist independent prescriber” insert “, a paramedic independent prescriber”.