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The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2006

S.S.I. 2006/245 · Made 9 May 2006

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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Made 9th May 2006

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 9th May 2006

Coming into force 31st May 2006

The Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27(1) and 27(2), 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978f1 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1978 c. 29; section 27(1) was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53) (“the 1980 Act”), section 20(2), the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) (“the 1990 Act”), Schedule 9, paragraph 19(7)(a), the Medicinal Products: Prescription by Nurses etc. Act 1992 (c. 28), section 3, the National Health Services (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 44, and the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), section 44(2); section 27(2) was substituted by the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 66), section 3(3) and amended by the 1990 Act, Schedule 9, paragraph 19(7)(b); section 105(7) was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 6, paragraph 5(1) and Schedule 7, the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 9, Part I, paragraph 24 and the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), Schedule 4, paragraph 60; section 108(1) contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 31st May 2006.

2Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995f1–

(a)

for the definition of “independent nurse prescriber”f2 substitute–

  • ““independent nurse prescriber” means a person–

    1. (a)

      who is registered in the Nursing and Midwifery Register; and

    2. (b)

      against whose name is recorded in that register an annotation signifying that he or she is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a community practitioner nurse prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber or a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber;”;

(b)

for the definition of “nurses and midwives' professional register”f3 substitute–

  • ““Nursing and Midwifery Register” means the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001f4;”; and

(c)

for the definition of “supplementary prescriber”f5 substitute–

  • ““supplementary prescriber” means a person whose name is registered in–

    1. (a)

      the Nursing and Midwifery Register;

    2. (b)

      the Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists maintained in pursuance of section 2(1) of the Pharmacy Act 1954f6;

    3. (c)

      the register maintained in pursuance of Articles 6 and 9 of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976f7;

    4. (d)

      the part of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council in pursuance of article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001f8 relating to–

      1. (i)

        chiropodists and podiatrists;

      2. (ii)

        physiotherapists; or

      3. (iii)

        diagnostic or therapeutic radiographers; or

    5. (e)

      the register of optometrists maintained by the General Optical Council in pursuance of section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989f9,

    and against whose name is recorded in the relevant register an annotation signifying that he or she is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a supplementary prescriber or, in the case of the Nursing and Midwifery Register, a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber;”.

Signature

LEWIS MACDONALD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

9th May 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 (“the principal Regulations”) which regulate the provision of pharmaceutical services under the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

These Regulations make changes to the principal Regulations as a consequence of new arrangements for the independent prescribing of drugs, medicines and appliances by nurses. Independent nurse prescribers, unless they are community practitioner nurse prescribers, will no longer be limited to prescribing from a particular formulary.

Regulation 2(a) substitutes a new definition of “independent nurse prescriber”.

Regulation 2(b) substitutes a new definition of “Nursing and Midwifery Register” in place of the existing definition of “nurses and midwives professional register”.

Regulation 2(c) substitutes a new definition of “supplementary prescriber”.