# The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995, Regulation 8: Schemes for securing proper pharmaceutical service


(1) The Board after consultation with the Area Pharmaceutical Committee shall prepare a scheme for testing the quality and checking the amounts of drugs and appliances supplied, and where appropriate the directions for use. The minimum number of tests to be made annually shall be specified in the scheme.
(2) For the purposes of a scheme prepared in accordance with paragraph (1), a drug or appliance dispensed and awaiting collection shall be deemed to be supplied.
(3) The Board, after consultation with the Area Pharmaceutical Committee, shall prepare a scheme for securing that one or more places of business on the pharmaceutical list in the area of the Board shall at all reasonable times be open. The scheme shall specify the days and hours during which such places shall be open, and the arrangements for the dispensing of medicines required urgently at other times.
(4) The provisions of schemes prepared under paragraph (3) shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.
(5) In the event of the Board and the Area Pharmaceutical Committee failing to agree on any provision of a scheme to be prepared under paragraph (3), the matter shall be referred to the Secretary of State, whose determination shall be final.
(6) Where the Board after consultation with the Area Pharmaceutical Committee, amends the provisions of a scheme approved under paragraph (4), the Area Pharmaceutical Committee or any person whose name is included in the pharmaceutical list may appeal in respect of any such amendment, and any such appeal—
(a) shall be made in writing and received by the Board within 21 days from the date on which notification of that amendment was published; and
(b) may be determined by the Secretary of State, or
(c) if he so decides, be determined in accordance with the procedures set out in paragraph 4(3) to (5) of Schedule 3 and paragraphs 9 to 15 of Schedule 4.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/414/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pharmaceutical-services-scotland-regulations-1995/regulation-8
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