Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the Pharmaceutical Regulations

Regulation 2(1) of the Pharmaceutical Regulations (interpretation) is amended as follows.

After “appropriate non-proprietary name” insert —

• ““authorisation” means permission to supply a drug in accordance with a PTP;”.

After “the Order” insert —

• ““paramedic independent prescriber” means a person—

  1. (a)

     who is registered in Part 8 of the register maintained under Article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001; and

  2. (b)

     against whose name in that register is recorded an annotation signifying that person is qualified to order drugs, medicines or appliances as a paramedic independent prescriber;”.

For the definition of “prescriber” substitute—

• ““prescriber” means a doctor, dentist, a chiropodist or podiatrist independent prescriber, an independent nurse prescriber, an optometrist independent prescriber, a paramedic independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber, a physiotherapist independent prescriber, a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber or a supplementary prescriber;”.

After “the Prescription of Drugs Regulations” insert—

• ““PTP” means a pandemic treatment protocol, which is a protocol—

  1. (a)

     relating to the supply of a prescription only medicine to be used for the prevention of or as a treatment for a disease that is, or in anticipation of it being imminently, pandemic; and

  2. (b)

     approved in accordance with regulation 247 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012^f1 (exemption for supply in the event or anticipation of pandemic disease);”.

For the definition of “relevant register” substitute—

• ““relevant register” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a nurse, the Nursing and Midwifery Register;

  2. (b)

     in relation to a paramedic, the register maintained under Article 5 of the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001; and

  3. (c)

     in relation to a pharmacist, the register maintained under Article 10(1) (the Register of Pharmacists) of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 or the register maintained in pursuance of Articles 6 (the registers) and 9 (the register) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976; ”.

In the definition of “supplementary prescriber”—

In the definition of “terms of service”, omit “and”;

After “terms of service” insert —

• ““therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” means a person—

  1. (a)

     who is a registered radiographer; and

  2. (b)

     against whose name is recorded in the relevant register –

     1. (i)

        an entitlement to use the title “therapeutic radiographer”, and

     2. (ii)

        an annotation signifying that the person is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber; and”.