# The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services etc.), (Repeatable Prescriptions) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004, Regulation 7: Amendment of regulation 2


In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) after the definition of “appliance”, insert the following definition—
““batch issue” means a form provided by a Local Health Board and issued by a prescriber at the same time as a repeatable prescription to enable a chemist to receive payment for the provision of repeat dispensing services, which is in the format specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts)(Wales) Regulations 2004, and which—
(a) is generated by a computer and not signed by a prescriber;
(b) relates to a particular repeatable prescription and contains the same date as that prescription;
(c) forms part of a sequence of batch issues, the number of batch issues being equal to the number of occasions on which the drugs or appliances ordered on the repeatable prescription may be provided; and
(d) specifies a number denoting its place in the sequence referred to in paragraph (c);”,
(ii) after the definition of “pre-payment certificate”, insert the following definition—
““prescriber” means—
(a) a doctor,
(b) an independent nurse prescriber, and
(c) a supplementary prescriber;”,
(iii) for the definition of “prescription form” substitute the following definition—
““prescription form” means, a form provided by a Local Health Board or an NHS Trust and issued by a doctor, dentist, supplementary prescriber or independent nurse prescriber to enable a person to obtain pharmaceutical services and—
(a) includes a prescription form provided and issued under equivalent arrangements having effect in England, Scotland or Northern Ireland; and
(b) does not include a repeatable prescription;”, and
(iv) after the definition of “prescription form” insert the following definitions—
““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 National Health Service (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
(b) in paragraph (3), after “one prescription form” insert “, or on one repeatable prescription (but only where the supply is against one batch issue relating to that repeatable prescription)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/1018/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-etc-repeatable-prescriptions-amendment-wales-regulations-2004/regulation-7
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