# Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 3: Pharmaceutical services

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) The arrangements for the provision of pharmaceutical services by chemists shall include arrangements for—
(a) the supply of contraceptive substances and appliances; and
(b) the provision of supplemental services.
(2) The arrangements referred to in paragraph (1) shall incorporate the terms of service for chemists set out in Part II of Schedule 2.
(3) In these Regulations “supplemental services” means—
(a) giving advice, in connection with the safe keeping and correct administration of drugs provided to persons resident in a home, to the person appearing to the chemist to be in charge of the home, or to the person authorised by that person to control such safe keeping and correct administration; and
(b) keeping records of visits made to those homes.
(4) In paragraph (3)—
(a) “home” means any one of—
(i) a residential home provided under Article 15 of the Order; or
(ii) a residential care home registered under Article 6 of the Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, but excluding a “small home” as defined in Article 4(5) of that Order; or
(iii) a nursing home registered under Article 19 of the Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992;
(b) “records” in relation to a visit by a chemist to a home shall include—
(i) the name and address of the home;
(ii) the date of each visit by that chemist; and
(iii) the nature of any advice given by him in the course of or following each such visit and to whom it was given.
(5) A chemist may at any time give notice in writing to the Board that he wishes to be—
(a) included in or excluded from any arrangements for the supply of contraceptive substances and appliances; or
(b) included in or excluded from any arrangements for the provision of “supplemental services”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/381/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pharmaceutical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-3
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