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Paragraph 6 Provision of Scheduled drugs

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(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a dispensing doctor shall not provide for a patient any Scheduled drug, except that, where he or an independent prescriber has ordered a drug which has an appropriate non-proprietary name either by the name or by its formula, he may provide a drug which has the same specification notwithstanding that it is a Scheduled drug (but, in the case of a drug which combines more than one drug, only if the combination has an appropriate non-proprietary name).

(2)

Nothing in this Schedule shall prevent a doctor providing, otherwise than under pharmaceutical services, a Scheduled drug or a restricted availability appliance for a patient.