# The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020, Regulation 5: Amendment of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009


For paragraph 10(8) (method of payment) of schedule 1 (terms of service for pharmacists and pharmacy contractors), substitute—
“(8) No pharmacy contractor will be paid in respect of the supply of drugs or appliances—
(a) indicated on a prescription form or serial prescription,
(b) in terms of regulation 225 (emergency sale etc by pharmacist: at patient’s request) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012,
(c) in terms of a Patient Group Direction issued by a Health Board in accordance with regulation 233 (exemption for supply etc under a PGD by person conducting a retail pharmacy business) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012,
(d) in accordance with the terms of a protocol approved by the Scottish Ministers under regulation 247A (protocols relating to coronavirus and influenza vaccinations and immunisations) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012,
(e) in accordance with a SSP or a Scottish SSP,
(f) in accordance with a PTP, or
(g) in response to an announcement by the Secretary of State and arrangements made in accordance with regulation 10A (directions of a practitioner while a disease is, or in anticipation of a disease being imminently, pandemic etc.) or 15(5) (form or prescriptions) of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001,
unless that supply takes place at a registered pharmacy included in the pharmaceutical list in respect of that pharmacy contractor.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/420/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-scotland-amendment-regulations-2020/regulation-5
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