Regulation 16 Supplemental services

(1)

A chemist may, in addition, undertake to provide either or both of the supplemental services specified in paragraph (2)(a) and (b).

(2)

In these Regulations “supplemental services” means—

(a)

where a chemist regularly provides drugs to persons resident in a home registered under the Registered Homes Act 1984^f1 or in respect of which registration is, by virtue of section 1(5)(j) of that Act, not required—

(i)

giving advice for the safe keeping and correct administration of those drugs; and

(ii)

keeping records of visits made to those homes;

(b)

keeping records in connection with drugs supplied to any person—

(i)

who claims exemption under regulation 6(1)(c) of the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Regulations 1989^f2(remission from charges for drugs and appliances), or

(ii)

who, in the opinion of the pharmacist providing the drug, is likely to have difficulty understanding the nature and dosage of the drug provided and the times at which it is to be taken,

in circumstances where the nature of the drug is such that, in the opinion of the pharmacist providing it, the same or a similar drug is likely to be prescribed for that person regularly on future occasions.

(3)

In this regulation “records” shall include—

(a)

in the case of those kept for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), a record of—

(i)

the name and address of the home,

(ii)

the date of each visit by the pharmacist, and

(iii)

the nature of any advice given by him in the course of the visit; and

(b)

in the case of those kept for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), a record of—

(i)

the name and address of the person to whom the drug is supplied,

(ii)

the name, quantity and dosage of the drug provided, and

(iii)

the date on which it is provided.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c. 23, as amended by the Registered Homes (Amendment) Act 1991 (c. 20).
f2: S.I. 1989/419, as amended by S.I. 1990/537.