Paragraph 19 InducementsI1

England and Wales

(1)

Neither an NHS appliance contractor nor any person employed or engaged by an NHS appliance contractor must give, promise or offer to any person any gift or reward (whether by way of a share of or dividend on the profits of the business or by way of discount or rebate or otherwise) as an inducement to or in consideration of them presenting an order for appliances on a prescription form or repeatable prescription.

(2)

Promising, offering or providing a home delivery service is not a “gift or reward” for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1).

(3)

Neither an NHS appliance contractor nor any person employed or engaged by an NHS appliance contractor may accept or receive any gift or reward in respect of only—

(a)

providing contact details of alternative NHS pharmacists or NHS appliance contractors pursuant to paragraph 10(2)(b), 11(4) or 12(1)(b), or

(b)

referring a prescription form or repeatable prescription to another NHS appliance contractor or NHS pharmacist pursuant to paragraph 10(2)(a) or 12(1)(a) and providing no additional service in connection with the item on that prescription.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 6 para. 19 in force at 1.10.2020, see reg. 1(2)(b)