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

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;”;

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 2001^f4;”; and

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 1954^f6;

  3. (c)

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

  4. (d)

     the part of the register maintained by the Health Professions Council in pursuance of article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001^f8 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 1989^f9,

  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;”.