# The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services etc.), (Repeatable Prescriptions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulation 2


In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1) —
(a) for the definition of “appropriate non-proprietary name” substitute the following definition—
““appropriate non-proprietary name” means a non-proprietary name which is not mentioned in Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contract) (Prescription of Drugs etc.)(Wales) Regulations 2004, or except where the conditions in regulation 3 of those Regulations are satisfied, in Schedule 2 to those Regulations;”;
(b) after the definition of “preliminary consent”, insert the following definition—
““prescriber” means—
(a) a doctor,
(b) an independent nurse prescriber, and
(c) a supplementary prescriber;”;
(c) in the definition of “prescription form”, at the end insert “and does not include a repeatable prescription;”; and
(d) after the definition of “Remission of Charges Regulations”, insert the following definitions—
““repeat dispensing chemist” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 16B(1);
“repeat dispensing services” means pharmaceutical services which involve the provision of drugs or appliances by a chemist in accordance with a repeatable prescription;
“repeatable prescription” means a prescription contained in a form provided by a Local Health Board and issued by a prescriber to enable a person to obtain pharmaceutical services which is in the format specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to the NHS (General Medical Services Contracts) (Wales) Regulations 2004, and which —
(a) is generated by a computer but signed by a prescriber; and
(b) indicates that the drugs or appliances ordered on that form may be provided more than once, and specifies the number of occasions on which they may be provided;” ; and
(e) for the definition of “Scheduled drug” substitute the following definition—
““Scheduled drug” means a drug or other substance specified in Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts)(Prescription of Drugs etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2004, or except where the conditions in regulation 3 of those Regulations are satisfied, in Schedule 2 to those Regulations;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1018/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-etc-repeatable-prescriptions-amendment-wales-regulations-2004/regulation-2
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